The Congress late on Friday night released its third list of 18 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, fielding former Meghalaya chief minister Mukul Sangma from the Tura Parliamentary constituency. All India Mahila Congress chief Sushmita Dev has been fielded from the Silchar Lok Sabha seat and Gaurav Gogoi from Kaliabor seat in Assam. Senior SC leader P L Punia’s son Tanuj Punia has been nominated to contest from Barabanki (SC) seat in Uttar Pradesh. Konda Vishweshwar Reddy is a sitting Lok Sabha MP from the same seat, but had contested as a TRS candidate. He had recently joined the Congress and is married to the daughter of the Apollo Hospital’s founder.

Source: Hindustan Times March 15, 2019 20:03 UTC