Congress has fielded Vikram Mastal against CM Chauhan from Budhni seat of MP

Bhopal (IANS). Madhya Pradesh Congress on Sunday released the list of 144 candidates including former Chief Minister and Madhya Pradesh Congress President Kamal Nath. Kamal Nath will contest the assembly elections from his hometown Chhindwara.

Congress has fielded actor Vikram Mastal, who played the role of Lord Hanuman in Anand Sagar’s 2008 TV show Ramayana, against CM Chouhan from Budhni seat. While Sanjay Shukla will contest from Indore-1 against BJP National General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya.

Leader of Opposition (LoP) Govind Singh has been fielded from Lahar Assembly seat and former Leader of Opposition Ajay Singh (Rahul) has been fielded from Churhat in Sidhi district. Congress has fielded Awadhesh Nayak against state Home Minister Narottam Mishra from Datia seat.

Congress has fielded senior party leader Ramkishore Dange against state Agriculture Minister Kamal Patel from Dhar assembly constituency. Former minister Jitu Patwari has been given ticket from Rau seat in Indore district, while the party has fielded Vikrant Bhuria, son of former Union Minister Kantilal Bhuria, from Jhabua seat.

Out of 144 candidates in the first list, Congress has fielded 47 general candidates and 39 OBC candidates.

The party has also announced candidates for 52 seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. It has announced 30 candidates for seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes and 22 for Scheduled Castes in the state.

The list also includes six candidates from the minority community, while a total of 19 women have been given tickets in the first list.

Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh are to be held on November 17, while the counting of votes will take place on December 3.