Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Bhupesh Baghel named Congress candidate for Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh

Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has been designated as the Congress candidate for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the Rajnandgaon constituency, as announced by Congress General Secretary K C Venugopal during a party conference held on Friday.

The grand old party disclosed its initial list of Lok Sabha candidates, featuring prominent figures like former Congress President Rahul Gandhi and Dr. Shashi Tharoor. This revelation comes almost a week after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its first list of candidates for the 2024 general elections.

The noteworthy names on the Congress candidate's first list include Rahul Gandhi from Kerala's Wayanad, Shashi Tharoor from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram, former minister Tamardwaj Sahu from Chhattisgarh's Mahasamund, Jyotsna Mahant from Chhattisgarh, Korba DK Suresh from Bangalore Rural in Karnataka, and K Sudhakaran from Kannur in Kerala. Additionally, Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal will contest from Alapuzza.



The Congress Election Committee (CEC) selected a total of 39 candidates in its first list for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Among them, 15 candidates are from the General category, while 24 candidates belong to SC, ST, OBC, and minority groups.



The list is diverse in terms of age distribution, with 12 candidates below 50 years of age, 8 candidates in the age group of 50–60, 12 candidates in the age group of 61-70, and 7 candidates in the age group of 71-76.