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Assembly elections 2022: Congress releases first list of candidates for Uttarakhand and Manipur
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Congress has released its first list of candidates for the Uttarakhand and Manipur Assembly poll.
New Delhi: The Congress party has released the first list of 53 candidates for the Uttarakhand Assembly elections and 40 candidates for the Manipur assembly elections on Saturday (January 22, 2022).
The Congress has released its first list of candidates for the Uttarakhand Assembly polls, and has named party`s state chief Ganesh Gondiyal and legislature party leader (CLP) Preetam Singh in the list.
The Congress has given tickets to father-son duo -- Yashpal Arya and Sanjeev Arya, who defected from the BJP. They have been given tickets from Nainital and Bajpur while former Minister Nav Prabhat has been given ticket from Vikasnagar. Sumit Hridyesh has been given ticket from Haldwani.