The Congress on Tuesday released a new list of 17 candidates from Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar and West Bengal for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. With this, the total number of candidates declared by the party so far is 228.
The party has fielded YS Sharmila, the sister of YSR Congress Party founder and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, from the state’s Kadapa constituency. Sharmila joined the Congress and merged her outfit, the YSR Telangana Party, with the party on 4 January.
The Kadapa seat is currently represented by Sharmila’s cousin Avinash Reddy from the YSR Congress Party.
On Tuesday, the Congress also released two other lists, containing the names of 114 candidates for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections and 49 names for Assembly polls in Odisha.
In Bihar, Congress MP Mohammed Jawed has been fielded from this existing Kishanganj Lok Sabha seat, while senior leader Tariq Anwar has been fielded from Katihar. Congress MLA Ajeet Sharma will contest from Bhagalpur Lok Sabha seat.
Here’s the list of 17 Congress candidates for Lok Sabha:
| State | Constituency | Candidate |
|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | Kadinada | M.M. Pallam Raju |
| Andhra Pradesh | Rajahmundry | Gidugu Rudra Raju |
| Andhra Pradesh | Bapatla | J.D. Seelam |
| Andhra Pradesh | Kurnool | PG Rampullaiah Yadav |
| Andhra Pradesh | Kadapa | Y.S. Sharmila Reddy |
| Bihar | Kishanganj | Mohammad Jawed |
| Bihar | Katihar | Tariq Anwar |
| Bihar | Bhagalpur | Ajeet Sharma |
| Odisha | Bargarh | Sanjay Bhoi |
| Odisha | Sundargarh | Janardan Dehury |
| Odisha | Bolangir | Manoj Mishra |
| Odisha | Kalahandi | Draupadi Majhi |
| Odisha | Nabarangpur | Bhujabal Majhi |
| Odisha | Kandhamal | Amir Chand Nayak |
| Odisha | Berhampur | Amir Chand Nayak |
| Odisha | Korapur | Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka |
| West Bengal | Darjeeling | Dr. Munish Tamang |
