Senior Congress leader Muhammed Arif 'Naseem' Khan, who was one of the star campaigners for Lok Sabha elections, resigned from the campaign committee of the party after the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition in Maharashtra didn't field a single Muslim candidate in the polls.
While Thakur Prasad Yadav has been fielded from Rae Bareli, Kamar Hayat Ansari will be contesting from Ambedkar Nagar and Brijesh Kumar Sonker will fight from Bahraich, a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency.
For three Lok Sabha constituencies in Andhra Pradesh, the Party has fielded KBR Naidu, SK Basheed, and M Jagapathi in Narsapuram, Rajampet, and Chittor seats respectively.
As per the new list, the Congress 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, in Bihar.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Saturday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party will register a huge win from the Madhya Pradesh's Khajuraho Lok Sabha constituency as no suitable candidate has been fielded from the opposition INDIA bloc.
According to the list, the Mainpuri Lok Sabha ticket has been changed and given to Shiv Prasad Yadav, whereas Shrikala Singh, wife of gangster-turned-politician Dhananjay Singh, lodged in jail, has been fielded from the Jaunpur constituency.