nChhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee released a list of its star campaigners for Dantewada by-poll. It features names of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, former PM Dr Manmohan Singh, AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, AICC in-charge Chhattisgarh P. L. Punia, CPCC president Mohan Markam, AICC secretaries for Chhattisgarh Dr Chandan Yadav and Dr Arun Uraon, Sushmita Dev, national president Women Congress, MP Raj Babbar, former minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, chairman AICC communication Randeep Singh Surjewala, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Bhakta Charan Das, Nagma Morarji, cabinet ministers T. S. Singhdeo, Tamdradwaj Sahu, Kawasi Lakhma, Dr Shiv Kumar Daharia, Ravindra Choubey, Mohammed Akbar, Umesh Patel, Jaisingh Agrawal, Anila Bhedia, Guru Rudra Kumar, Premsai Singh, Amarjeet Singh Bhagat, and Rajya Sabha member Chaya Verma.
CPCC in-charge general secretary Girish Dewangan and general secretary and communication department chairman Shailesh Nitin Trivedi announcing the list at a press conference said the other star campaigners are Lok Sabha member Deepak, Phulodevi Netam, State Women Congress president, MLAs Lakeshwar Baghel, Rekhchand Jain, Vikram Mandavi, Santram Netam, Chandan Kashyap, Sishupal Shori, Manoj Mandavi and Anup Nag.