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Allahabad: Congress fields Yogesh Shukla against BJP's Rita Bahuguna Joshi

| @indiablooms | Apr 22, 2019, at 05:41 pm

New Delhi, Apr 22(UNI) Congress on Monday announced its candidates from three Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, including Yogesh Shukla from Allahabad.

Chandresh Upadhyay has been fielded from Domariyaganj, while Bhal Chand Yadav has been fielded, in place of Parvez Khan, from Sant Kabir Nagar, an official statement from AICC headqurters said here.

BJP has fielded Rita Bahuguna Joshi from Allahabad, while Praveen Nishad is Sant Kabir Nagar candidate of the saffron party.

All the three constituencies of Uttar Pradesh-- Allahabad, Domariyaganj and Sant Kabir Nagar, are going to the polls on May 12 that is the sixth phase of polling.

Congress has so far declared 421 candidates for the Lok Sabha polls spread over seven phases. 

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