Lucknow, March 7: Congress released its first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2019 . This list consists of names of 15 candidates. Out of 15 names, 11 are from seats in Uttar Pradesh and four from Gujarat. UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi will contest from Rae Bareli and Congress President Rahul Gandhi will contest from Amethi seat. Hardik Patel Confirms He is Joining Congress, May Contest From Jamnagar in 2019 Lok Sabha Elections.

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The names of four Constituencies from Gujarat and the Congress candidate announced on those seats are:

Ahmedabad West- SC - Raju Parmar

Anand- Bharatsingh M Solanki

Vadodara - Prashant Patel

Chhota Udaipur- ST- Ranjit Mohansinh Rathwa

The names of elevan Constituencies from Uttar Pradesh and the Congress candidate announced on those seats are:

Saharanpur - Imran Masood

Badaun - Saleem Iqbal Shervani

Dhaurahra - Jitin Prasad

Unnao - SMT. Annu Tandon

Rae Bareli- SMT. Sonai Gandhi

Amethi - Rahul Gandhi

Farrukhabad - Salman Khursheed

Akbarpur- Rajaram Pal

Jalaun - SC- Brij Lal Khabri

Faizabad - Nirmal Khatri

Kushi Nagar- RPN Singh

The Congress, which was hoping of an alliance with the Samajwadi Party (SP) for the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, was snubbed by the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party (SP-BSP) combine, after the arch rivals announced to fight the upcoming polls together. Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Priyanka Gandhi Gets Charge of 41 Seats Including Amethi and Raebareli in UP, Jyotiraditya Scindia Gets 39.

The Congress was then forced to go solo and introduced Priyanka Gandhi into active politics by appointing her as AICC General Secretary from UP East. However, this list has put to rest the speculations that Sonia Gandhi will retire from politics as she is very much fighting from the Rae Bareli seat.

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