Lucknow: The Congress party on Monday released a list of 30 star campaigners for the first phase of the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. The list surprisingly names interim party chief Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, among other leaders, who are set to campaign for the grand old party for the first phase of the UP polls.
In a letter sent to the chief electoral officer of Uttar Pradesh, Congress general secretary KC Venugopal on Monday named the 30 star campaigners of the Indian National Congress for the state assembly polls.
The letter reads, “The following leaders of the Indian National Congress, who would be campaigning as per Section 77(1) of Representation of People Act, 1951, for the ensuing first phase of elections to the legislative assembly of Uttar Pradesh to be held on 10th February 2022”.
The 30 star campaigners for the Congress in Uttar Pradesh are:
1. Sonia Gandhi
2. Manmohan Singh
3. Rahul Gandhi
4. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
5. Ajay Kumar Lallu
6. Aradhana Misra ‘Mona’
7. Ghulam Nabi Azad
8. Ashok Gehlot
9. Bhupinder Singh Hooda
10. Bhupesh Baghel
11. Salman Khurshid
12. Raj Babbar
13. Pramod Tiwari
14. PL Punia
15. RPN Singh
16. Sachin Pilot
17. Pradeep Jain Aditya
18. Naseemuddin Siddiqui
19. Acharya Pramod Krishnam
20. Deeper Singh Hooda
21. Varsha Gaikwad
22. Hardik Patel
23. Phulo Devi Netam
24. Supriya Shrinate
25. Imran Pratapgarhi
26. Kanhaiya Kumar
27. Praniti Shinde
28. Dheeraj Gujjar
29. Rohit Chaudhary
30. Tauqeer Alam
The Uttar Pradesh assembly elections will be held in seven phases, starting from February 10 and ending on March 7.
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