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Congress releases first list of eight candidates for Lok Sabha polls
- Congress announces 8 candidates for Lok Sabha polls
- Revanth Reddy to contest from Malkajgiri
The Congress party released its first list of eight candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections late on Friday night. AICC chief Rahul Gandhi held the Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting under the supervision of Sonia Gandhi which concluded around 10.30 pm on Friday.
The meeting was attended by UPA convenor Sonia Gandhi, AICC treasurer Ahmed Patel, AICC Telangana in charge RC Kuntia, PCC chief Uttam Kumar Reddy, CLP leader Bhatti Vikramarka.
After the meeting, the Congress party announced eight candidates in the first list for 17 Lok Sabha seats.
Here's the list of candidates and the constituencies...
Malkajgiri - Revanth Reddy
Adilabad (SC) - Ramesh Rathod
Peddapalli (SC) - M Chandrasekhar
Karimnagar - Ponnam Prabhakar
Zaheerabad - K Madanmohan Rao
Chevella - Konda Vishweshwar Reddy
Medak - Gali Anil Kumar
Mahabubabad (ST) - Balaram Naik
