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UP Assembly polls: Unnao rape victim's mother, Asha worker in Cong's list

Anti-CAA activist and party spokesperson in Uttar Pradesh, Sadaf Jafar will be the Congress candidate from the Lucknow central seat

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The Congress on Thursday released its party's first list of 125 candidates, including 50 women, for the upcoming UP assembly elections, fielding the Unnao rape victim's mother Asha Singh from the Unnao assembly seat.
 
Anti-CAA activist and party spokesperson in Uttar Pradesh, Sadaf Jafar will be the Congress candidate from the Lucknow central seat. Asha worker and activist Poonam Pandey, who fought for the rights of Asha workers has been fielded from Shahjahanpur and Ram Raj Gond, a tribal leader who fought for the rights of Adivasis in Sonbhadra, has been fielded from the Ponga constituency in the state.
 
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