Madhya Pradesh polls: Congress releases its initial list of 19 female candidates

Congress has fielded 19 female candidates, according to State Congress President Kamal Nath, following the release of the party’s list of 144 candidates for the November 17 Madhya Pradesh assembly elections.

“We are fully prepared in Madhya Pradesh. From the list we have released, 65 candidates are below the age of 50 and there are 19 female candidates. We have done what we said. They (BJP) have nothing left, they just can’t say that they are losing the election,” Kamal Nath said.
Congress on Sunday released the first list of 144 candidates for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, fielding state unit president and former Chief Minister Kamal Nath from Chhindwara.
The list includes prominent names such as former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, Former Minister of Higher Education of Madhya Pradesh Jitu Patwari, Jaivardhan Singh, Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Vijayalakshmi Sadho and Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Lakshman Singh.
The counting of votes will take place on December 3.

Notably, 22 current Congress MLAs quit under Jyotiraditya Scindia’s leadership and joined the BJP in March 2021, bringing an end to the Kamal Nath government. The party has announced candidates for 30 seats in Chhattisgarh and 55 in Telangana in addition to Madhya Pradesh. Of the 230 assembly seats in the state, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has already declared candidates for 136 of them.