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Lok Sabha Polls: Congress Releases 6th Candidates List; Fields Prahlad Gunjal From Kota Against BJP's Om Birla

🧔 The Congress also fielded Ramchandra Choudhary from Ajmer, Sudarshan Rawat from Rajsamand, Damodar Gurjar from Bhilwara and C Robert Bruce from Tirunelveli.

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Congress fields newly joined member Prahlad Gunjal from Rajasthan's Kota.
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🗹The Congress on Monday announced its sixth list of five candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, fielding Prahlad Gunjal from Kota to take on outgoing Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.

🌠The Congress also fielded Ramchandra Choudhary from Ajmer, Sudarshan Rawat from Rajsamand, Damodar Gurjar from Bhilwara and and C Robert Bruce from Tirunelveli.

Who is Prahlad Gunjal?

Prahlad Gunjal joined the Congress in Jaipur on Thursday in the presence of former chief minister Ashok Gehlot 🗹and Rajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra.

♔Gunjal was a close aide of former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje. He was the MLA from Kota North twice earlier but had lost the last assembly polls.

🐭Gunjal has been known for being vocal about issues and Congress expects more support in Hadoti region by nominating him from Kota.

With this, the party has declared a total of 190 candidates for the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls starting April 19.

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