R Okay Chaudhary got here into the Congress fold earlier this month and has been fielded from Mohanlalganj changing Ramashankar Bhargava whose identify was introduced earlier.
Chaudhary was a minister within the Mayawati authorities and had contested the 2014 Lok Sabha ballot on BSP ticket from Mohanlalganj. He was defeated by the BJP’s Kaushal Kishore by practically 1.45 lakh votes.
The Congress has additionally fielded Raj Kishore Singh from Basti and Ramakant Yadav from Bhadohi seats. Each had joined the social gathering on Friday.
Whereas Raj Kishore was minister within the Akhilesh Yadav authorities, Ramakant Yadav is a former MP.
The Congress has additionally fielded former MP Rajesh Misra from Salempur and Ummed Singh Nishad from Ambedkarnagar.
Union minister Anupriya Patel‘s mom Krishna Patel, who leads a faction of the Apna Dal, will contest the Gonda seat. The Congress on March 16 had finalised the seat-sharing settlement with the Apna Dal led by Krishna Patel and allotted it Basti and Gonda Lok Sabha seats.
The Congress’ different ally the Jan Adhikar Celebration was allotted Chandauli and Ghazipur parliamentary constituencies which might be contested by Shivkanya Kushwaha and Ajit Kumar Kushwaha respectively.
