Congress's 1st list for MP polls: Hanuman actor, inducted by 'bhakt Kamal Nath', to take on Shivraj

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Bhopal: The Congress Sunday released its first list of 144 candidates for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly elections..

He will be pitted againstfour-time Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in his home constituency of Budhni...

Soon after the list was announced, the Congress also released a 38-second video of Mastal as Hanuman, standing before Lord Ram, seeking further instructions after registering a victory in the Karnataka assembly elections earlier this year, where the party won by a majority..

Once the list was announced, Kamal Nath took to X to congratulate all the candidates and called upon the party workers and the respected people of Madhya Pradesh to ensure success to the Congress candidates and establish a government of truth and justice in Madhya Pradesh...

The Congress has fielded Lakhan Singh Patel against Union minister Prahlad Singh Patel in Narsinghpur, while former finance minister Tarun Bhanot has been fielded from Jabalpur (West) against the BJPs Rakesh Singh the sitting MP from the Jabalpur parliamentary constituency, who will be contesting the assembly polls this time...

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