Congress announced candidates for 17 Lok Sabha seats, Tariq Anwar will contest from Katihar

Congress has released its second list of 17 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The party has given ticket to YS Sharmila. He will contest the Lok Sabha elections from Kadapa seat of Andhra Pradesh. This list of 17 Congress candidates includes 8 from Odisha, 5 from Andhra Pradesh, 3 from Bihar and 1 from West Bengal. He has made Mohammad Javed his candidate from Kishanganj seat of Bihar and Tariq Anwar from Katihar. Ajit Sharma will be the party's candidate from Bhagalpur seat.

Congress has given ticket to MM Pallam Raju from Kakinada seat of Andhra Pradesh, Gidugu Rudra Raju from Rajahmundry, JD Salim from Bapatla seat, PG Rampulla Yadav from Kurnool seat. Congress has fielded Sanjay Bhoi from Bargarh seat of Odisha, Janardan Dehuri from Sundergarh (ST), Manoj Mishra from Bolangir, Draupadi Manjhi from Kalahari, Bhujbal Manjhi from Nabarangpur, Amir Chand Naik from Kandhamal, Rashmi Ranjan Patnaik from Behrampur, Korapat (ST). Has been fielded. .Ticket has been given to Saptagiri Shankar. The party has made Munish Tamang its candidate from Darjeeling seat of West Bengal.