The Congress on Tuesday fielded actor-turned-politician Raj Babbar from the Gurgaon Lok Sabha seat in Haryana and former Union minister Anand Sharma from Kangra in Himachal Pradesh.
Congress Fields Raj Babbar From Gurgaon, Announces 3 More Names In Fresh List
The Congress also fielded Bhushan Patil from the Mumbai North constituency in Maharashtra.
Congress Leader Raj Babbar
Congress Leader Raj Babbar
Satpal Raizada, a former MLA from Himachal Pradesh's Una, has been fielded by the Congress from the Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat in the state and will contest the general elections against BJP candidate and Union Minister Anurag Thakur.
The Congress also fielded Bhushan Patil from the Mumbai North constituency in Maharashtra.
This is the first Lok Sabha election that Sharma will be contesting. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha for the first time in April 1984 and has been a member of the Upper House of Parliament for four terms.
He has been a Union minister during the UPA government under Manmohan Singh and has also been a deputy leader of the Congress in the Rajya Sabha till he retired in 2022.
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