Veteran Congress leaders Anand Sharma and Raj Babbar have been named in the party's latest list of candidates released on Tuesday for the Lok Sabha elections.
While Anand Sharma has been fielded from Himachal Pradesh's Kangra, Raj Babbar will be contesting from the Gurugram seat in Haryana.
Satpal Raizada from Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh and Bhushan Patil from Mumbai North are the other two names on the list.
advertisementAnand Sharma was recently in the news for writing a letter to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, where he said the party's demand for a nationwide caste census might be misinterpreted as disrespecting the legacy of former prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.
In a letter to party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Anand Sharma, a prominent member of the G-23 grouping that had called for organisational overhaul in the Congress after the 2019 poll debacle, said the caste census cannot be a "panacea" or a solution for unemployment and prevailing inequalities.
Veteran Congress leaders Anand Sharma and Raj Babbar have been named in the party's latest list of candidates released on Tuesday for the Lok Sabha elections.
While Anand Sharma has been fielded from Himachal Pradesh's Kangra, Raj Babbar will be contesting from the Gurugram seat in Haryana.
Satpal Raizada from Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh and Bhushan Patil from Mumbai North are the other two names on the list.
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Anand Sharma was recently in the news for writing a letter to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, where he said the party's demand for a nationwide caste census might be misinterpreted as disrespecting the legacy of former prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.
In a letter to party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Anand Sharma, a prominent member of the G-23 grouping that had called for organisational overhaul in the Congress after the 2019 poll debacle, said the caste census cannot be a "panacea" or a solution for unemployment and prevailing inequalities.
Published By: Poorva Joshi Published On: Apr 30, 2024
