Congress, in a list released on Friday, 29 March, named four new candidates for Bihar, seven for Odisha and one for Uttar Pradesh.
Among these names were former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar who will be contesting from Bihar’s Sasaram constituency and former ET Now journalist Supriya Shrinate, who has recently stepped down from her position as the executive director at ET Now Live news channel. Shrinate will be contesting from UP’s Maharajganj seat and will replace Tanushree Tripathi as the Congress candidate for the constituency.