New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi has approved the candidature of Chetan Khachar for the ensuing by-election to the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat from Limbdi Constituency.

Earlier, Congress fielded Mamata Kundu from Balasore and Himanshu Bhusan Mallick from Tirtol assembly constituencies for the upcoming by-election to the legislative assembly of Odisha.

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Cheruku Srinivas Reddy will be party's candidate from Dubbak constituency for the upcoming by-election to the legislative assembly of Telangana while last week, Congress named TB Jayachandra and Kusuma H as party's candidates for by-elections to the legislative assembly constituencies of Sira and Rajarajeshwarinagar in Karnataka respectively. (ANI)

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