Congress announces more names of Gujarat candidates
March 18, 2014
New Delhi, 18 March 2014
Gujarat Congress has declared a list of another 58 candidates for Lok Sabha general elections.
Some of the candidates declared for Gujarat seats are:
Joita Patel: Banaskantha (MLA, Dhanera)
Jashubhai Barad: Junagadh (MLA, Talala)
Paranjaditya Singh: Panchmahal (former MLA and son-in-law of Congress party’s national leader Digvijay Singh)
Dinesh Parmar: Kutch (former MLA and minister)
Vadodara: Narendra Rawat (city Congress president and winner of primary election)
Ahmedabad West: Ishwar Makwana
Kheda: Dinsha Patel (Union minister who denied to contest but as predicted later succumb to Sonia Gandhi’s request)
Mehsana: Jivabhai Patel(former MP, a rich man from Surat who lost last time)
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