New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday came out with its second list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections. Of the 71 candidates named in the new list, the Congress has given tickets to 'tainted' leaders like former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, Veerappa Moily and Subodh Kant Sahay.
While Bansal will contest from Chandigarh, the constituency which he currently represents in the Lok Sabha, Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily will be contesting from Chikkballapur in Karnataka.
Bansal who was under the radar following his alleged connection with the Railway Board bribery scam thanked the party for his candidature. "I am thankful to Congress high command. There was a conspiracy against me which should have ended 8 months ago. The people who oppose law, think against me," he said.
The list has cleared 15 of the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala. Union Minister Shashi Tharoor, whose wife committed suicide in January 2014, has been fielded from Thiruvananthapuram.
Toeing on party Vice President Rahul Gandhi's suggestions, Congress has almost 35 per cent youngsters in its new list. Youth Congress President Rajiv Satav will be contesting from Hingoli in Maharashtra. Eight other Youth Congress leaders have also been given tickets for Lok Sabha polls.
The Congress has 11 women candidates including senior party leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi and actress-turned-politician Naghma. While Joshi has been given Lucknow seat, the yesteryear actress will be contesting from Ghaziabad. Begum Noor Bano, a former MP, has been fielded in Moradabad constituency.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh's wife Pratibha Singh who is an MP from Mandi will be fighting the Lok Sabha elections from her constituency.
MoS V Narayanswamy too will retain the Puducherry seat and will once again contest from the same constituency.
In Karnataka, the party high command has fielded Rizwan Arshad, one of the biggest Muslim faces in Karnataka Congress. He will contest from Bangalore Central. He ends eight-time-MP and former Railway Minister C K Jaffer Sharief era in Karnataka politics.
PC Chacko, MP from Thrissur in Kerala has to give away the seat to KP Dhanapalan as he would now be contesting from Chalakudy.
Following is the list of 71 candidates:
1. Assam- Dhubri- Wajid Ali Choudhary
2. Assam- Nowgong- Jon Jonali Baruah
3. Chhattisgarh- Raigarh (ST)- Ms Aarti Singh
4. Chhattisgarh- Ra1pur- Satyanarayan Sharma
5. Gujarat - Bhavnagar- Pravin Rathod
6. Himachal Pradesh- Kangra- Chander Kumar
7. Himachal Pradesh- Mandi- Pratibha Singh
8. Himachal Pradesh- Shimla (SC)- Mohan Lal Bragta
9. Jharkhand- Ranchi- Subodh Kant Sahai
10. Karnataka- Chikkodi- Prakash B Hukkeri
11. Karnataka- Belgaum- Lakshmi Hebbalkar
12. Karnataka- Bagalkot- Ajay Kumar Sarnaik
13. Karnataka- Raichur (ST)- Bm Naik
14. Karnataka- Koppal- Basavaraj Hitnal
15. Karnataka- Shimoga- Manjunath Bhandary
16. Karnataka- Dakshina Kannacia- Janardana Poojary
17. Karnataka- Chitradurga (SC)- Chandrappa
18. Karnataka- Bangalore Central- Rizvvan Arshad
19. Karnataka- Ghikkrallapur- Dr M Veerappa Molly
20. Kerala- Kasaragod- T Siddique
21. Kerala- Kannur- K Sudhakaran
22. Kerala- Vadakara- Mullappally Ramachandran
23. Kerala- Wayanad- Mi Shanavas
24. Kerala- Kozhikode- Mk Rag Havan
25. Kerala- Alathur (SC)- Smt Sheeba Ka
26. Kerala- Ti Irissur- Kr Dhanapalan
27. Kerala- Chalakudy- Pc Chacko
28. Kerala- Ernakulam- Prof Kn Thomas
29. Kerala- Idukk- Dean Kuriakose
30. Kerala- Alappuzha- Kc Venugopal
31. Kerala- Mavelikka (SC)- Kodikunnil Suresh
32. Kerala- Pathanamthitta- Anto Antony
33. Kerala- Attingal- Adv Smt 81ndu Krishna
34. Kerala- Thruvananthapurm- Dr Shashi Tharoor
35. Madhya Pradesh- Morena- Govind Singh
36. Madhya Pradesh- Mancila (ST)- Omkar Markam
37. Madhya Pradesh- Hoshangabad- Devendra Patel
38. Maharashtra- Akola- Hidayat Patel
39. Maharashtra- Wardha- Sagar Meghe
40. Maharashtra- Gadchiroli-Chimur (ST)- Dr Namdeo Usendi
41. Maharashtra- Hngoli- Rajeev Satav
42. Maharashtra- Jalna- Vialas Autade
43. Maharashtra- Rhiwandi- Vishwanath Patil
44. Maharashtra- Hatkanangle- Kallappa Awade
45. Meghalaya- Shillong (ST)- Vincent H Pala
46. Meghalaya- Tura(ST)- Daryl William Cheran Momin
47. Nagaland- Nagaland- Kv Pusa
48. Orissa- Sundargarh (ST)- Hemanand Biswal
49. Orissa- Sambalpur- Amarnath Pradhan
50. Orissa- Mayurbhanj (ST)-Shyam Sundar Hansdah
51. Orissa- Kalahandi- Rhakta Charan Das
52. Orissa- Nabarangpur (ST)- Pradeep Kumar Majh1
53. Orissa- Kandhamal- Harihar Karan
54. Rajasthan- Jhunjhunu- Dr Smt Rajbala Ola
55. Rajasthan- Udaipur (ST) Raghuvir Singh Meena
56. Uttar Pradesh- Moradabad- Begum Noor Bano
57. Uttar Pradesh- Meerut- Ms Nagma
58. Uttar Pradesh- Ghaziabad- Raj Babbar
59. Uttar Pradesh- Gautam Buddh Nagar- Ramesh Chand Tomar
60. Uttar Pradesh- Lucknow- Smt Rita Bahuguna Joshi
61. Uttar Pradesh- Etawah (SC)- Smt Hansmukhi Sankhawar
62. Uttar Pradesh- Kaushambi (SC)- Mahendra Gautak1
63. Uttar Pradesh- Ambedkar Nagar- Ashok Singh
64. Uttar Pradesh- Kaiserganj- Mukesh Srivastava
65. Uttar Pradesh- Domariyaganj- Tarun Patel
66. Uttar Pradesh- Sant Kabir Nagar- Rohit Pandey
67. Uttar Pradesh- Machhlishahr (SC)- Tufani Nishad
68. Uttar Pradesh- Mirzapur- Lalitesh Pati Tripathi
69. Chandigarh- Chandigarh- Pawan Kumar Bansal
70. Lakshadweep- Lakshadvveep(ST)- Hamdullah Sayeed
71. Puducherry- Puducherry- V Narayanasamy
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