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Kharge, Gandhis to Kanhaiya Kumar: Congress' star campaigners for Gujarat polls
Gujarat Assembly election 2022: The announcement comes days after the BJP released its star-studded campaigners' list including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief JP Nadda, Union ministers including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and others.
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, the Gandhi family, the party’s two chief ministers and other senior leaders are among stalwarts lined up to campaign for next month’s crucial Gujarat Assembly election.
The party released a list of 40 names Tuesday that includes Sonia Gandhi, its longest-serving president and chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance, and her children - Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi and general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
The list also includes Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot and his Chhattisgarh counterpart Bhupesh Baghel, as well prominent faces like ex Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot - who led an unsuccessful rebellion against Gehlot - and former Madhya Pradesh chief ministers Digvijaya Singh and Kamal Nath, and others.
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Kanhaiya Kumar, the fiery former Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader who joined the party last year, is also on the list.
In a notable omission, Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor - Kharge's contender for last month’s presidential polls - is not on the list.
Here's the full list:
| S. No. | Campaigner name |
| 1. | Mallikarjun Kharge |
| 2. | Sonia Gandhi |
| 3. | Rahul Gandhi |
| 4. | Priyanka Gandhi Vadra |
| 5. | Ashok Gehlot |
| 6. | Bhupesh Baghel |
| 7. | Ramesh Chennithala |
| 8. | Digvijaya Singh |
| 9. | Kamal Nath |
| 10. | Bhupinder Singh Hooda |
| 11. | Ashok Chavan |
| 12. | Tariq Anwar |
| 13. | B.K. Hariprasad |
| 14. | Mohan Prakash |
| 15. | Shaktisinh Gohil |
| 16. | Raghu Sharma |
| 17. | Jagdish Thakor |
| 18. | Sukhram Rathva |
| 19. | Sachin Pilot |
| 20. | Shivaji Rao Moghe |
| S. No. | Campaigner name |
| 1. | Bharatsinh M.Solanki |
| 2. | Arjun Modhwadia |
| 3. | Siddharth Patel |
| 4. | Amit Chavda |
| 5. | Naranbhai Rathwa |
| 6. | Jignesh Mevani |
| 7. | Pawan Khera |
| 8. | Imran Pratapgarhi |
| 9. | Kanhaiya Kumar |
| 10. | Kantilal Bhuria |
| 11. | Naseem Khan |
| 12. | Rajesh Lilothia |
| 13. | Paresh Dhanani |
| 14. | Virender Singh Rathore |
| 15. | Usha Naidu |
| 16. | Ramkishan Ojha |
| 17. | B.M. Sandeep |
| 18. | Anant Patel |
| 19. | Amrinder Singh Raja Warring |
| 20. | Indravijaysinh Gohil |
Days earlier the BJP released its star-studded list, which includes prime minister Narendra Modi, party chief JP Nadda and union ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh.
Gujarat votes in two phases - on December 1 and 5 - with results due on December 8.
The BJP is bidding to retain control of the prime minister’s home state and faces a twin challenge from the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party of Arvind Kejriwal.
