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Chattisgarh Assembly Election 2018: Navjot Singh Sidhu, Mohammad Azharuddin to be Congress' star campaigners

Chattisgarh Assembly Election 2018: Navjot Singh Sidhu and Mohammad Azharuddin will be the party's star campaigners for the first phase of state assembly polls.

Chattisgarh Assembly Election 2018: Along with senior Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh, cricketer-turned-politicians Navjot Singh Sidhu and Mohammad Azharuddin will be the party's star campaigners for the first phase of Chhattisgarh polls to be held next month. The opposition party Wednesday released the list of 40 star campaigners for the first phase of the state elections. Chhattisgarh will witness polls in two phases- on November 12 and 20. "The list includes names of prominent leaders, including Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and former PM Manmohan Singh. Two former cricketers and party leaders Navjot Singh Sidhu and Mohammad Azahruddin- will also be campaigning," state Congress communication wing chief Shailesh Nitin Trivedi said. Besides, names of other senior Congress leaders like Ashok Gehlot, Sushil Kumar Shinde, P L Punia, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Raj Babbar and Jyotiraditya Scindia are also in the list, he said. Senior leaders of the state Congress, including Bhupesh Baghel, Tamradwaj Sahu, Charandas Mahant and T S Singhdeo are also on the list. The first phase of polling covers 18 seats spread across eight naxal-affected districts-Bastar, Bijapur, Dantewada, Sukma, and Kondag.
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