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"It is unfortunate that the name for the Koraput Lok Sabha seat has not been finalized yet. BHUBANESWAR: Of the four Lok Sabha and 28 assembly seats that will go to the polls in the first phase on April 11, Congress has failed to finalize candidates for one Lok Sabha and eight assembly segments. Some assembly segments that will go to the polls in the first phase are also yet to get candidates. Denied ticket, Bargarh's former MLA and Congress leader Sadhu Nepak resigned from the party on Tuesday.For the second phase on April 18, Congress has announced tickets for Bargarh, Sundargarh and Kandhamal Lok Sabha seats and kept quiet on Aska and Balangir. Sources said Congress was likely to spare the Aska seat for CPI, its ally.Pradeep Kumar Devta has been made the candidate for Bargarh, George Tirkey for Sundargarh and Manoj Kumar Acharya for Kandhamal Lok Sabha seats..