Congress on Sunday released the first list of candidates for three states --- Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Telangana --- on Sunday. All three states are scheduled to go for polling later this year.
The party announced candidates for 144 assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh, 30 in Chhattisgarh and 55 in Telangana.
Chhattisgarh
In Chhattisgarh, the party fielded its chief minister Bhupesh Baghel from his Patan assembly constituency and deputy chief minister T S Singh Deo from Ambikapur assembly seat.
Another senior minister Tamradhwaj Sahu has been fielded from Durg Rural assembly seat while Chhattisgarh assembly Speaker Charan Das Mahant has been fielded from Sakti assembly seat.
Pradesh Congress chief Deepak Baij has been fielded by the party from the Chitrakot-ST assembly seat. He is currently the sitting Lok Sabha MP from Bastar.
Former PCC chief and now a minister Mohan Markam has been fielded from the Kondagaon-ST assembly seat which he earlier represented.
Madhya Pradesh
In Madhya Pradesh, the party fielded former chief minister and PCC chief Kamal Nath from his Chhindwara assembly constituency. Former chief minister Digvijaya Singh's son Jaivardhan Singh has been fielded from Raghogarh seat. He was a minister in the last Kamal Nath government.
Another former minister in the state, Vijay Laxmi Sadho, who has been a former Rajya Sabha member, has been fielded from the Maheshwar-SC assembly seat. Former cabinet minister Jitu Patwari has been fielded from Rau assembly constituency.
Telangana
In Telangana, the party fielded Pradesh Congress chief Anumala Revanth Reddy from the Kodangal assembly seat while CLP leader Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu has been fielded from the Madhira-SC seat.
Revanth Reddy is currently the sitting Lok Sabha MP from Malkajgiri Parliamentary constituency.
The party has also fielded its sitting Lok Sabha MP N Uttam Kumar Reddy from the Huzurnagar assembly constituency. He currently represents the Nalgonda Lok Sabha seat in Telangana.
Besides, first-timer Kota Neelima, wife of national spokesperson Pawan Khera, has also been fielded from the Sanathnagar assembly seat.
The results will be declared on December 3.
