Mallikarjun Kharge's son-in-law in Congress's third candidate list
The Congress on Thursday released its third list of 56 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from Bengal's Berhampore and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's son-in-law Radhakrishna from Gulbarga were among some of the prominent names in the third list of candidates.
Besides, former Union Minister Sushilkumar Shinde's daughter Praniti Shinde has been fielded from Maharashtra's Solapur constituency. Notably, the party did not field a candidate on the Sikar Lok Sabha constituency in Rajasthan as it was left vacant for the Communist Party of India (Marxist), its INDIA bloc ally.The Congress declared candidates for two seats in Arunachal Pradesh, 11 in Gujarat, 17 in Karnataka, seven in Maharashtra, five in Rajasthan, five in Telangana, eight in West Bengal and one in Puducherry.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has been fielded from Berhampore against cricketer-turned-politician and Trinamool candidate Yusuf Pathan.
In Gujarat, the party has named Sonal Patel from Gandhinagar, Prabhaben Taviyad from Dahod (ST) and Nilesh Kumbani from Surat, among others.
In Karnataka, Congress has fielded Mallikarjun Kharge's son-in-law Radhakrishna from Gulbarga (SC), Priyanka Jarkiholi from Chikkodi, Vinod Asooti from Dharwad, M Rajeev Gowda from Bangalore North, Sowmya Reddy from Bangalore South and Mansoor Ali Khan from Bangalore Central, among others.
Earlier, the Congress had announced 82 candidates in two lists for the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls beginning April 19.
