Congress releases ninth list of candidates for Lok Sabha elections 2024

The Congress party on Friday released its ninth list of candidates for Lok Sabha elections 2024. In the latest list, the 'Grand Old Party' has announced three candidates for Karnataka and two for Rajasthan.

From Karnataka, the 'Grand Old Party' has declared E Thukaram as its candidate from Bellar (ST), Sunil Bose from Chamarajanagar (SC), Raksha Ramaiah from Chikkballapur and from Rajasthan, the party has named Dr Damodar Gurjar in place of Sudarshan Rawar from Rajsamand and Dr CP Joshi in place of Dr Damodar Gurjar from



Bhilwara.

"Bose has been in politics for the past 20 years and hence is eligible to get a Congress ticket," a close confidant of Mahadevappa said. The party, however, has remained indecisive about Kolar, which has become a vexatious issue.

Amid strong speculation that the party is keen on fielding Food and Civil Supplies Minister K H Muniyappa's son-in-law Chikka Peddanna, five legislators, including two ministers, threatened to quit.

Alarmed by the rebellion over this issue, Congress has not yet named the candidate yet.