Congress releases list of 9 candidates, fields Olympian Krishna Punia from Jaipur Rural against Rajyavardhan Rathore

Poonia, a three-time Olympic participant, is the MLA from the Sadulpur constituency in Rajasthan.

She will contest against Union Information and Broadcasting Minister and Olympic medallist Rajyavardhan Rathore, who is the Jaipur Rural MP. (Photo by Qamar Sibtain/India Today Group/Getty Images)

New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday released the list of candidates to the ensuing elections to the Lok Sabha. The list includes names from the state of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan. With this, the Congress has so far announced the names of 325 candidates for the upcoming general election. In the list, Congress has fielded AJ Patel from Mahesana (Gujarat), Ulhas Patil from Raver (Maharashtra), Bharatram Meghwal from Ganganagar (Rajasthan), Rijju Jhunjhunuwala from Ajmer (Rajasthan), Devikinandan Gurjar from Rajsamand (Rajasthan), Rampal Sharma from Bhilwara (Rajasthan) and Pramod Sharma from Jhalawar-Baran (Rajasthan).

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The party fielded Olympian discus thrower Krishna Poonia from the Jaipur Rural constituency as it released list of nine candidates for the Lok Sabha polls. Poonia, a three-time Olympic participant, is the MLA from the Sadulpur constituency in Rajasthan. She will contest against Union Information and Broadcasting Minister and Olympic medallist Rajyavardhan Rathore, who is the Jaipur Rural MP. Of the nine candidates the Congress named on Monday, six are from Rajasthan, two from Maharashtra and one from Gujarat. The party has fielded Mohan Joshi from Pune, a seat which was earlier represented in the Lok Sabha by tainted Congress leader Suresh Kalmadi. Poonia had won the gold medal in discus throwing in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.