Cong fields Olympian Krishna Punia from Jaipur Rural for LS polls, releases list of nine nominees

Cong fields Olympian Krishna Punia from Jaipur Rural for LS polls, releases a list of nine nominees. Congress list of 9 candidates for Lok Sabha Election contains 2 from Maharashtra and 6 from Rajasthan.

A native of Hisar district in Haryana and married in adjoining Churu district of Rajasthan, Krishan Punia earlier won the assembly election from Sadulpur with a margin of around 18,000 votes.

In 2013, she joined the INC party at an election rally in Churu – her husband's home district- in the presence of Rahul Gandhi and then chief minister Ashok Gehlot after she was approached by the Congres's leadership

Congress has released a list of 9 candidates for #LokSabhaElections2019 ; 1 from Gujarat, 2 from Maharashtra and 6 from Rajasthan pic.twitter.com/hbMKLZw4iG

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