Lok Sabha polls 2024: Congress clears names for 12 seats in Madhya Pradesh, Nakul Nath to contest Chhindwara: report

Lok Sabha polls 2024: The Congress’ Central Election Commission (CEC) met on Monday to finalize the candidates.

New Delhi: In a step towards confirming its Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress party has cleared the names for twelve Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh. Notably, Nakul Nath, son of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, will contest from Chhindwara, according to a report by news agency ANI.

The Congress CEC is meeting to finalize the candidates for the Lok Sabha polls

The Congress’s Central Election Committee (CEC) met on Monday to finalize the candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, days after the party released its first list for the polls.

The discussions were held at the CEC meeting chaired by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for parliamentary constituencies in Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh, among others. The Congress announced its first list of 39 candidates on Friday, with Rahul Gandhi again contesting from Kerala’s Wayanad.

Besides Kharge, former Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, Ambika Soni, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, TS Singhdeo and Mohammad Jawaid are members of the CEC.

Sonia Gandhi was present at the meeting along with several other members. Congress general secretary in charge of Uttarakhand Kumari Selja along with senior leaders from the hill state also participated in the discussions on selecting candidates for the five seats in the state.

Top Congress leaders meet to decide on Lok Sabha seats

During the discussions on Rajasthan, Congress state unit chief Govind Singh Dotasra, AICC state in-charge Sukhjinder Randhawa and Congress Working Committee (CWC) member Sachin Pilot were present. Madhya Pradesh AICC chief Jitendra Singh and state unit chief Jitu Patwari, among others, also participated in the discussions.

During the last CEC meeting on Thursday, discussions were held on Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Sikkim, Tripura, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya and Lakshwadeep.

According to the first list of candidates released by the party, former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel is from Rajnandgaon, AICC general secretary KC Venugopal is from Alappuzha (Kerala) and Shashi Tharoor has been nominated from Thiruvananthapuram.

(With input from agencies)