The Congress party announced its nominations for assembly by-elections in two states, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, on Wednesday.
According to a letter signed by the General Secretary in Charge of the Congress Central Election Committee, the party has fielded Savitri Mandavi from Bhanupratappur in Chhattisgarh and Anil Kumar Sharma from Sardarshahar in Rajasthan. Earlier on 5 November, the ECI announced the dates of by-elections for the vacant parliamentary and assembly constituencies in five states.
The polling for the by-polls will take place on 5 December, and the votes will be counted on December 8.
By-elections will also be held in Odisha’s Padampur, Rajasthan’s Sardarshahar, Bihar’s Kurhani, Chhattisgarh’s Bhanupratappur (ST), and Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur, from which Samajwadi Party MLA Azam Khan was disqualified after a court sentenced him to three years in jail in a hate speech case last month.
Five seats are up for grabs in four different states, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Chattisgarh, and Bihar.
