The list also includes Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.
“We have fielded a strong team of campaigners, including national leaders, to ensure that the party remains competitive in the elections,” a Congress leader said.
“We are contesting the Bengal assembly elections on our own this time, and all our senior leaders will campaign extensively. The idea is to reach out to voters across constituencies in the first phase,” he told PTI.
Elections to the 294-member West Bengal assembly will be held in two phases – on April 23 and April 29. Votes will be counted on May 4.
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Apart from the central leadership, West Bengal Congress leaders, including Deepa Dasmunsi, Pradip Bhattacharya, state unit chief Subhankar Sarkar, MP Isha Khan Choudhury and senior leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, have been named in the list.
It also features several Congress leaders from outside the state, prominent being K C Venugopal, Ghulam Ahmad Mir, Randeep Singh Surjewala, Ashok Gehlot, Salman Khurshid, Shashi Tharoor, Gaurav Gogoi, K L Sharma, Sudeep Roy Barman, Kanhaiya Kumar and Mohammad Azharuddin.
