Cong releases 7th list of 35 candidates for LS polls

New Delhi, Mar 23: Congress party late night on Friday released its seventh list of 35 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, including names of Dr Karan Singh's son Vikramaditya Singh from Udhampur, UPCC Chief Raj Babbar from Fatehpur Sikri and senior party leader Renuka Chowdhary from Khammam in Telangana.

The list cleared by the Central election committee of the congress and released by AICC General secretary Mukul Wasnik, includes names of candidates of four seats from Chhattisgarh, three from Jammu and Kashmir, five from Maharashtra, two from Odisha, eight from Tamil Nadu, one from Telangana, two from Tripura, nine from Uttar Pradesh (including two replacements) and one from Puducherry,
Prominent among the names that feature in the list are of Dr Karan Singh's son Vikramaditya Singh from Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir, senior party leader Renuka Chowdhary from Khammam in Telangana, former BSP leader Nasimuddin Siddiqui from Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh ) and M Vasanthakumar from Kanniyakumari (Tamil Nadu ).

UPCC Chief Raj Babbar, who was earlier fielded from Moradabad, will now contest from Fatehpur Sikri. Imran Pratapgarhi has been fielded from Moradabad.

With Friday's list, the party has declared its 44 candidates for Uttar Pradesh, four for Gujarat, 17 for Maharashtra, 10 seats in Assam, two from Meghalaya, one each from Nagaland, Sikkim, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshwadeep and Pudduchery, 17 from Telangana, 14 from Kerala, 25 candidates from Andhra Pradesh, eight from Tamil Nadu, eight from Odisha, 11 from West Bengal, two seats in Arunachal Pradesh, three seats from Jammu and Kashmir, two from Tripura and nine seats from Chhattisgarh.