India, March 10 -- The Congress on Friday announced its first list of candidates which included the candidature of its General Secretary (Organisation), K C Venugopal from Alappuzha, ex Chhattisgarh chief minister Bupesh Baghel, Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad apart from the probable Shashi Tharoor from Thiruvananthapuram for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
An AICC spokesperson said on the condition of anonymity, "There has been buzz that all the top leaders were told (by high command) to prepare to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. In the first list, Bupesh Baghel and KC Venugopal are big names. It would be interesting to see if Congress party will field Rajya Sabha members as well, like they fielded Venugopal. However the problem wit...