Congress releases first list of 39 candidates for Lok Sabha elections: Rahul from Wayanad in Kerala

The Congress has released the first list of its 39 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will contest from his sitting Lok Sabah seat- Wayanad, Congress MP Shashi

Tharoor will fight from Thiruvananthapuram and K C Venugopal from Alappuzha in Kerala. Former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel will be the party candidate from Rajnandgaon seat and Jyotsana Mahant from Korba seat in Chhattisgarh. Vincent H Pala will contest from Shillong Lok Sabah seat in Meghalaya.

The Party has released the names of candidates for six seats in Chhattisgarh, seven in Karanataka, 16 in kerala, four in Telangana, two in Meghalaya and one each in Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and Lakshadweep. The names were finalised by the Central Election Committee of the Congress.