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LS polls: Cong releases list of 7 candidates from Bihar and Punjab

LS polls: Cong releases list of 7 candidates from Bihar and Punjab

New Delhi, April 22 (UNI) The Indian National Congress (INC) on Monday released a list of seven candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
The party list consists of five candidates from Bihar and two candidates from Punjab.
Giving the information, AICC general secretary KC Venugopal said that the names of the candidates were selected by the Central Election Committee of the Congress.
From Bihar, the party has fielded Madan Mohan Tiwari from Paschim Champaran, Ajay Nishad from Muzaffarpur, Akash Prasad Singh from Maharajganj, Sunny Hazari from Samastipur, and Manoj Kumar from Sasaram.
The party has selected Yamini Gomar from the Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha seat and fielded Amarjit Kaur Sahoke from the Faridkot Parliamentary constituency in Punjab.
Earlier in the day, the party released a list of 38 candidates for the upcoming Andhra Pradesh Assembly election.
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