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Congress releases 1st list of 144 candidates for Madhya Pradesh polls; fields Kamal Nath from Chhindwara

Congress releases a list of 144 candidates for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls, former chief minister Kamal Nath to contest from Chhindwara.

The Congress party on Sunday released its first list of 144 candidates for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, fielding state unit president and former chief minister Kamal Nath from Chhindwara. Former chief minister Digvijaya Singh’s son Jaivardhan Singh has been fielded from the Raghogarh seat. He was a minister in the last Kamal Nath government that collapsed in March 2021 when 22 sitting Congress MLAs resigned under the leadership of Jyotiraditya Scindia and joined the BJP.

The announcement came a day after the party’s Central Election Committee met to finalise candidates at the AICC office in New Delhi.

Nath had said that the Congress would announce its candidates for the assembly polls after ‘Pitru Paksha’, the period during which Hindus pay homage to their ancestors. Sunday marked the end of Pitru Paksha and the beginning of the auspicious Navratri festival.

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has already announced candidates for 136 out of 230 assembly constituencies in the state.

The state will go to polls on November 17 while counting of votes will take place on December 3.

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