Lok Sabha Elections HIGHLIGHTS: Kamakhya Prasad Tasa, BJP Candidate For Kaziranga Seat, Files Nomination Papers
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The Congress on Tuesday declared its candidates for the remaining four Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh and the list features an MLA who is facing an Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe, and two women. With this, the main opposition party has announced candidates for all the 11 Lok Sabha seats in the state, which will vote in three phases in April-May. The BJP has also announced all its candidates in the state.
The four Congress candidates are Devender Singh Yadav (Bilaspur), Biresh Thakur (Kanker-Scheduled Tribe reserved), Shashi Singh (Surguja-ST) and Dr Menka Devi Singh (Raigarh-ST). Yadav, a second-term legislator, represents the Bhilai Nagar seat in Durg district in the assembly.
Yadav is an accused in the alleged coal levy scam-linked money laundering case being probed by the ED. The state's anti-corruption bureau (ACB) in January this year also registered a case in the alleged coal levy scam based on a report submitted by the ED in which Yadav has been named as accused.
Trinamool Congress on Tuesday released a list of 40 star campaigners for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, MP and party's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, former cricketer and candidate Yusuf Pathan and others to campaign.
TMC announced its list of 42 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections earlier on March 10. Giving a message of TMC going solo in the Lok Sabha polls, party General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee announced the list, which included certain surprises from former cricketers Yusuf Pathan from Berhampore and Kirti Azad from the Bardhaman Durgapur Lok Sabha seat.
Abhishek Banerjee is set to contest from Diamond Harbour. Mahua Moitra, who was expelled from Lok Sabha in the winter session last year has been given a ticket from Krishnanagar constituency. Shatrughan Sinha is set to again contest from Asansol, a seat he had won earlier in the 2022 bypoll.
Congress Releases 8th List For Lok Sabha Elections
Congress on Wednesday released its eight list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections. The Congress list includes candidates fielded in Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh which will go to polls starting April 19.
Kamakhya Prasad Tasa, BJP Candidate For Kaziranga Seat Files Nomination Papers
Golaghat, Assam: On the last day of submission of nomination papers for the first phase of Lok Sabha polls, Kamakhya Prasad Tasa, BJP candidate for Kaziranga parliamentary constituency filed his nomination papers. He was accompanied by Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma and other party leaders.
#WATCH | Golaghat, Assam: On the last day of submission of nomination papers for the first phase of Lok Sabha polls, Kamakhya Prasad Tasa, BJP candidate for Kaziranga parliamentary constituency filed his nomination papers.
— ANI (@ANI) March 27, 2024
He was accompanied by Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta… pic.twitter.com/YTaeOVeHvY
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