Madhya Pradesh Polls: Cong releases first list of candidates; ex-CM Kamal Nath to fight from Chhindwara

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With prominent and important names appearing in its first list of 144 candidates released on Sunday, the Congress is gearing up for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections...

The Kharge-led party has fielded state unit president and former Chief Minister Kamal Nath from Chhindwara..

Former Minister of Higher Education of Madhya Pradesh Jitu Patwari, Jaivardhan Singh, Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Vijayalakshmi Sadho and Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Lakshman Singh are also a few names appearing in the list...

The Congress is bidding to wrest power from the BJP in Madhya Pradesh, with Rahul Gandhi and his sister and the party's national general secretary, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, already holding a clutch of rallies in the state...

Madhya Pradesh is scheduled to undergo assembly polls on November 17. Through the polls, the state will elect legislators from 230 Assembly constituencies..

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