UP Polls: Congress releases another list of 89 candidates

The Congress on Wednesday released the another list of its 89 candidates for the ensuing Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. Those included in the list are Sandeep Rana who will contest from Saharanpur Assembly seat, Akbari Begum has been fielded from Bijnor, Saroj Devi from Hathras, Sandeep Tiwari from Firozabad and Krishna Kant Sharma will be the party candidate from Bareilly Assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh. The names of the candidates were selected by the Central Election Committee of the Congress. The list include 37 women candidates.

The Congress' campaign is being directed by general secretary Priyanka Gandhi, who launched the campaign slogan 'Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon,' which has become a battle cry for the party in the poll-bound state. Gandhi issued a women-centric manifesto in December of last year, which featured pledges like a 40% quota in government positions and free transportation on state-run buses, among other things.