Congress releases third list of candidates for Lok Sabha polls, Adhir Ranjan Choudhary fielded from Baharampur

The Indian National Congress on Thursday released its third list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. 

The 57-strong list comprises candidates in the fray from constituencies in Karnataka, Telangana, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh and Gujarat. In Puducherry, the grand old party has decided to field sitting MP V Vaithilingam, the list confirmed. It also confirmed the candidature of Adhir Ranjan Choudhary from West Bengal's Barhampur seat.

"The third list of names of Congress candidates on 57 Lok Sabha seats for the Lok Sabha elections, 2024 was released in the meeting of the 'Central Election Committee' held under the chairmanship of Congress President Shri kharge," Congress stated on X while releasing the list. 

AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge's son-in-law and the children of five ministers were among the list of 17 candidates from Karnataka. Satish Jarkiholi's daughter Priyanka Jarkiholi (Chikkodi), Ramalinga Reddy's daughter Sowmya Reddy (Bangalore South), Shivanand Patil's daughter Samyukta S Patil (Bagalkot), Laxmi Hebbalkar's son Mrinal Ravindra Hebbalkar (Belgaum) and Eshwar Khandre's son Sagar Khandre (Bidar) will be contesting in the polls. 

Mansoor Ali Khan, son of former Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha K Rahman Khan and Prabha Mallikarjun, wife of Minister S S Mallikarjun and daughter-in-law of veteran party leader Shamanur Shivashankarappa, are the party's nominees from Bangalore Central and Davangere, respectively. 

Meanwhile, three sitting MLAs were among the seven candidates from Maharashtra. Three-time Solapur City Central MLA Praniti Shinde (43), daughter of former Union minister Sushilkumar Shinde, will contest from Solapur, while Kasbapeth legislator Ravindra Dhangekar will fight the polls from Pune. Balwant Wankhede, MLA from Daryapur, has been fielded from the Amravati seat, which is reserved for the Scheduled Castes. 

Shahu Chhatrapati, the scion of the Kolhapur royal family, is the party's candidate from Kolhapur, while Shivajirao Kalge will contest from Latur (SC) seat. As per the party's announcement, former MLA Vasantrao Chavan has been fielded from Nanded and Gowaal K Padavi, who is the son of Congress leader KC Padavi, will contest from Nandurbar (Scheduled Tribe) seat.

- With PTI inputs