New Delhi, Mar 15 (UNI) The Central Election Committee (CEC) of the Congress, headed by party President Sonia Gandhi, tonight approved 46 names of candidates for the first phase of the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.

The remaining 16 names would be approved later.

The meeting was attended by AICC General Secretary Incharge of Uttar Pradesh Ashok Gehlot, State party President Salman Khursheed, among others.

Following is the list of candidates: Pawan Gupta (Aryanagar), Sanjeev Dariyabadi (Sisamau(SC)), Abdul Mannan (Generalganj), Ganesh Dixit (Kanpur Cantt), Ajay Kapoor (Govindnagar), Alok Mishra (Kalyanpur), Ram Prasad Pasi (Sarsaul), Aditya K Dwivedi (Ghatampur), Dhani Ram Boddh Panther (Bhognipur(SC)), Ch Satvir Singh (Rajpur), Jitender Singh Guddu Kushwaha (Sarvankhera), Ashok Dhanwik (Bilhaur(SC)), Khushi Prasad Kushwaha (Derapur), Sridhar Pandey (Auraiya), Rajender Kumar Dohre (Ajitmal(SC)), Chandra Shekhar Diwakar (Lakhana(SC)), Jaivir Singh Bhadauria (Etawah), Ajay Yadav (Bharthana), Ram Avtar Sengar (Bidhuna), Mohd Idris (Maudaha), Manoj Tiwari (Mahoba), Puran Bundela (Mehroni), Rajesh Khera (Lalitpur), Pradeep Jain Aditya (Jhansi), Harbans Lal (Babina(SC)), Bihari Lal Arya (Mauranipur(SC)), Ranjeet Singh Judev (Garoutha), Jagjivan Ram Amita (Konch(SC)), Vinod Chaturvedi (Orai), Rameshwar Dayal Balmiki (Kishni(SC)), S P S Yadav (Karhal), Mahesh Kaush (Jasrana), Arvesh Yadav (Ghiror), Shankar Lal Batham (Mainpuri), Udaivir Singh Rathore (Aliganj), Dharmvir Singh Gehlot (Sakit), Smt Shashi Lata Chauhan (Kasganj), Ajay Chaturvedi (Etah), Subhash Yadav (Nidhauli Kalan), Sudha Balmiki (Jalesar(SC)), Pooja Tiwari (Fatehabad), Mahesh Pippal (Tundla(SC)), Hari Kumar Balmiki (Etmadpur(SC)), Dr Krishanveer Singh Kaushal (Agra Cantt), Dr A K Singh (Agra West(SC)) and Ch Udaibhan Singh (Fatehpur Sikri) UNI