Congress Announces 40 Star Campaigners Including Gandhi Family for Bihar Assembly Elections

Senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi are featured on the star campaigners list for Bihar elections.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge along with prominent leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Kanhaiya Kumar, and Independent MP Pappu Yadav have been named among the party's 40 star campaigners for the first phase of the Bihar assembly elections.

The comprehensive list also includes AICC Bihar in-charge Krishna Allavaru, Bihar Congress president Rajesh Ram, and several Congress general secretaries including K C Venugopal, Bhupesh Baghel, Sachin Pilot, Randeep Surjewala, and Syed Naseer Hussain. Senior party figures Ashok Gehlot, Tariq Anwar, Gaurav Gogoi, Mohammad Jawed, and Akhilesh Prasad Singh have also been designated as star campaigners.

The Bihar assembly polls have been scheduled in two phases on November 6 and 11, with the results set to be announced on November 14.

The opposition INDIA bloc, comprising RJD, Congress, and Left parties as its main constituents, officially declared RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav as its chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Bihar elections on Thursday.

Other notable names on the star campaigners list released by the party include Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, veteran leaders Digvijaya Singh, Adhir Ranjan Choudhary, Meira Kumar, Charanjit Singh Channi, Alka Lamba, Pawan Khera, Imran Pratapgarhi, Shakeel Ahmed, Ranjeet Ranjan, Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, Anil Jaihind, and Rajendra Pal Gautam.