Lok Sabha battle: Congress may field 4-5 more MLAs

Ahmedabad | Sunday | 31st March, 2019

Summary:

The Congress seems to be betting heavily on its MLAs to take the battle to the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Another list to be out on April 1The Congress is likely to name candidates for 13 Lok Sabha seats, as well as the five assembly by-elections on April 1. The Congress had drawn a blank in Gujarat in 2014 Lok Sabha elections, but it hopes to win a good number of seats this time. Highly placed sources said that the party is likely to announce Rajendrasinh Thakor, a two-term MLA from Modasa seat, as its candidate from Sabarkantha Lok Sabha seat. The party has already announced four MLAs among its 13 candidates declared so far, and is expected to field four or five more MLAs from the remaining seats..