Congress fields Raj Babbar from Gurgaon, Anand Sharma from Kangra

Satpal Raizada, a former MLA from Himachal Pradesh's Una, has been fielded by the party from the Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat in the State, and will contest the General Election against BJP candidate and Union Minister Anurag Thakur.

The Congress has also fielded local Mumbai Congress leader Bhushan Patil from the Mumbai North constituency in Maharashtra. He will take on Union Minister Piyush Goyal from the key seat.

Mr. Sharma, who has been a prominent member of the G23 grouping within the Congress, which raised questions on the party’s leadership, will take on the BJP’s State vice-president Rajiv Bhardwaj from the Kangra seat. The BJP has replaced its sitting MP Kishan Kapoor with Mr. Bhardwaj this time.