While the suspense over the Amethi and Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seats mounted on Tuesday, Congress announced the candidature of actor turned politician and three time MP Raj Babbar as Lok Sabha candidate from Gurugram and former Union Minister Anand Sharma from Kangra in Himachal Pradesh.
The party also declared Mumbai north contestant Bhushan Patil as INDIA bloc member while Satpal Raizada as Hamirpur candidate who will take on Union Minister Anurag Thakur.
Amid speculation that Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra would be fielded from the two constituencies, the Congress workers in Amethi on Tuesday held a sit-in, demanding that the party names a member of the Gandhi family as its candidate from the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency. Sources said Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is keen to contest from the Rae Bareli seat and her candidature is likely to be announced soon.
