Lok Sabha Elections: The Congress on Friday released its ninth list of five candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The grand old party has fielded CP Joshi from Rajasthan's Bhilwara and Damodar Gurjar is set to contest polls from Rajasthan's Rajsamand.
After the release of the latest list, the total number of candidates declared by the party so far has reached 213.
Lok Sabha Polls: Congress's 9th List
| 1 | Karnataka | BELLARY - ST | E. Thukaram |
| 2 | Karnataka | CHAMARAJANAGAR - SC | Sunil Bose |
| 3 | Karnataka | CHIKKBALLAPUR | Raksha Ramaiah |
| 4 | Rajasthan | RAJSAMAND | Dr. Damodar Gurjar |
| (in place of Sudarshan Rawat) | |||
| 5 | Rajasthan | BHILWARA | Dr. C.P. Joshi |
| (In place of Dr. Damodar Gurjar) |
On Wednesday, the grand old party released its eight list of candidates for the upcoming polls. The Congress list included candidates fielded in Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh which will go to polls starting April 19. In Jharkhand, the Congress has named Kalicharan Munda from Khunti, Sukhdeo Bhagat from Lohardaga and Jai Prakashbhai Patel from Hazaribagh.
Top Congress leaders met in the national capital on Wednesday to hold discussions on party's Lok Sabha election candidates in UP, Telangana, Goa and Jharkhand. The meeting saw the presence of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, KC Venugopal and the members of its Central Election Committee including senior leaders Ambika Soni, Madhusudan Mistry, Uttam Kumar Reddy and Salman Khurshid.
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On being questioned about Amethi and Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajai Rai said there was no discussion on the two seats. "We had conveyed our views on these seats (Amethi and Rae Bareli) the last time. It is up to the leadership now to take a decision," he said, as quoted by PTI.