Rahul Gandhi to again contest from Kerala's Wayanad as Congress releases first LS list

New Delhi, Mar 8: The Congress on Friday released its first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, naming 36 nominees from nine states, including senior party leader Rahul Gandhi, who will contest from Kerala's Wayanad again.

The Congress has named six candidates from Chhattisgarh, including former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel from Rajnandgaon and Tamrdhwaj Sahu from Mahasamund, and six from Karnataka, including sitting MP D.K. Suresh - the brother of Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar - from Bangalore Rural, and 15 from Kerala, including Rahul Gandhi and Shashi Tharoor from Thiruvananthapuram.