Lok Sabha polls will be held in seven phases starting from April 19. (document)
New Delhi:
Congress on Sunday announced its list of star campaigners who will contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh.
The names of the activists include top Congress leadership – state president Malikajun Haq, Congress parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra .
The list also includes the names of some of the party’s former chief ministers.
Ashok Gehlot, Digvijay Singh, Bhupesh Baghel and Harish Rawat are among the star activists.
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and Telangana CM Revanth Reddy will also campaign for the party in Uttar Pradesh.
Ajay Rai, Salman Khurshid, Sachin Pilot, Rajiv Shukla, Imran Pratapgarhi, Deepender Singh Hooda, Raj Babbar, Supriya Shrinate and Alka Lamba are also included.
Earlier, the Indian National Congress (INC) on Saturday announced the list of 27 star campaigners in Jammu and Kashmir, including party presidents Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi , Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, among others.
The Lok Sabha polls will be held in seven phases starting from April 19.
Uttar Pradesh, which has sent up to 80 MPs to the Assembly, will vote in all seven phases.
Voting for the first and second phases will be held on April 19 and April 26. Next, the state will conduct voting in the third and fourth phases again on May 7 and May 13.
Voters in Uttar Pradesh will also vote in the fifth, sixth and seventh phases on May 20, May 23 and June 1 respectively.
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