Congress releases list of 16 candidate for 4 states ahead of LS poll
Ahead of the Lok Sabha election, the Congress released its eighth list on Wednesday of candidates for Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Jharkhand.
On the first day of Winter Session, the Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day after condoling the death of sitting MPs Mahant Chandnath and Taslimuddin.
Chandnath, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Alwar, was suffering from cancer while Taslimuddin, a veteran Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and MP from Araria died due to breathing problem.
Both the parliamentarians breathed their last in September.
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Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan condoled the death of Chandnath and Taslimuddin along with five other former members: Sultan Ahmed, Vikram Mahajan, Ram Singh, R Keishing, PC Barman, Dhanraj Singh, Amal Datta, and Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi.
The members of the lower house observed a moment of silence for the departed leaders. The Lok Sabha will reconvene on Monday at 11 am.
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