Cong CEC finalises 14 candidates for UP elections

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 14:39 [IST]

New Delhi, Mar 16 (UNI) The Congress' Central Election Committee (CEC), headed by party president Sonia Gandhi, tonight finalised a list of 14 candidates for the first phase of the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.

The meeting was attended by AICC General Secretary incharge of Uttar Pradesh Ashok Gehlot, state party president Salman Khursheed, among others.

Following are the candidates: Avinash Mishra (Chaubepur), Shishupal Yadav (Jaswant Nagar), Yuvraj Bhadoria (Hamirpur), Rajinder Lodhi (Rath), Kamlesh Verma (Charkhari(SC), Akbar Ali (Kalp), Shivram Singh Kushwaha (Madhogarh), Upma Dixit (Bhongaon), Col. Naresh Yadav (Shikohabad), Nadira Begum (Patiali), Man Singh Verma (Soraon), Abhinav Chaturvedi (Firozabad), Rajesh Tiwari (Bah), Ram Tandon (Agra East).

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Topics: ELECTION-CONG-UP-LIST

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