The Congress party released 51 candidates' list for Maharashtra State Assembly polls on Sunday evening pinning hopes on the old and trusted faces. Interestingly, the first list of Congress party did not include the sitting Congress MLA and former CM Prithviraj Chavan. We will get a clear picture in the next two days," said top sources in Congress. Congress President Sonia Gandhi had finalised the 85 names out of 125 while on Sunday, the 51 candidates names are declared. Last time in 2014, many Congress candidates lost by small margins.

Source: dna September 30, 2019 00:11 UTC