India, March 13 -- The Congress on Tuesday announced its second list of 43 candidates for the Lok Sabha polls. In Gujarat, the party has fielded seven candidates against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The list includes a mix of senior leaders and fresh faces.

Geniben Thakor, a two-time MLA from the Vaav constituency, has been fielded from the Banaskantha constituency. She has been a vocal critic of the BJP in Gujarat and had won against BJP's Shankar Chaudhary, a prominent OBC leader and chairperson of Banas Diary from the Vaav constituency in the 2017 state assembly elections.

Tribal leader and incumbent MLA Anant Patel has been fielded from the Valsad constituency, reserved for ST candidates. The 44-year-old leader was at th...