Cong fields Scindia in Guna, Tewari in Anandpur Sahib

The Congress on Friday fielded former union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia from his traditional Guna Lok Sabha seat in Madhya Pradesh while Manish Tewari will be in the fray from Anandpur Sahib in Punjab.

Tewari was keen on the party ticket from Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat, which eventually went to former union minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, who had lost to BJP candidate Kiron Kher in 2014. Tewari, a former union minister, had backed out from contest in 2014 citing health reasons.

On Friday, Congress released a list of seven Lok Sabha candidates including Tewari and Bansal.

Former Barnala MLA Kewal Singh Dhillon will contest from Sangrur Lok Sabha seat against sitting AAP MP Bhagwant Mann and former Punjab finance minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa who is contesting on the Shiromani Akali Dal ticket.

Mona Sustani, a Mahila Congress leader in Madhya Pradesh, will be in the fray from Rajgarh Lok Sabha seat, considered to be the stronghold of former chief minister Digvijaya Singh. Singh has been fielded from Bhopal, a seat Congress has not won for more than three decades.

Sportsman-turned-politician Shailendra Patel will be the Congress nominee from Vidisha Lok Sabha constituency. The Congress also fielded Rigzin Spalbar from Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir and Shashwat Kedar from Valmiki Nagar constituency in Bihar.