SCOOP: Congress to field Sapna Choudhary against BJP's Hema Malini in battle for Uttar Pradesh's Mathura seat in Lok Sabha elections 2019

In the race up to the Lok Sabha elections that are scheduled to be held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19, the BJP released its first set of 185 candidates, that along with senior ministers includes actress-turned-politician Hema Malini. Following the announcement of BJP leader Hema Malini contending the Mathura seat in Uttar Pradesh, sources have revealed that Congress is planning to field the famous stage performer from Haryana Sapna Choudhary on the Mathura seat. In this poll war ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, apart from contesting against each other, BJP's Hema Malini and Congress' Sapna Choudhary will be placed against Akhilesh Yadav's SP and Mayawati's BSP alliance in Uttar Pradesh. READ| Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Here's Why Facing Smriti Irani In Amethi Once Again Should Spook Rahul Gandhi In the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be contending from the Varanasi seat in the state, while Home Minister Rajnath Singh will be contending from the state capital and Union Minister Smriti Irani from Amethi, yet again making it a face-off between her and the Congress president Rahul Gandhi. Here is the first Uttar Pradesh list: PM Narendra Modi- Varanasi Lucknow- Rajnath Singh Amethi- Smriti Irani Saharanpur- Raghav Lakhanpal Muzaffarnagar- Sanjeev KumarBalyan Binjor- Kunwar Bharatendra Singh Moradabad- Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Sambhal Parmeshwar Lal Saini Amroha- Kanwar Singh Tanwar Meerut- Rajendra Agrawal Baghpat- Dr. Satya Pal Singh Ghaziabad- Dr. Vijay Kumar Singh Gautam Buddha Nagar- Dr. Mahesh Sharma Aligarh- Satish Kumar Gautam Mathura- Hema Malini Agra S.P Singh Baghel Fatehpur Sikri- Raj Kumar Chaher Etah- Rajveer Singh-MP Badaun- Sangha Mitra Maurya Aonla- Dharmendra Kumar Bareilly- Santosh Kumar Gangwar Shahjahanpur- Arun Sagar Kheri- Ajay Kumar Mishra Sitapur- Rajesh Verma Hardoi- Jai Prakash Rawat Misrikh- Ashok Rawat Unnao- Swami Sakshi ji Maharaj Mohanlalganj Kaushal Kishore On Wednesday, the party held its the third CEC meeting which was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and found party president Amit Shah, and Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley in attendance. The Congress has already announced candidates for 146 Lok Sabha constituencies so far. The deadline to file the nominations is March 25. #May23WithArnab | Election Commission (EC) announces #LokSabhaElections2019 in 7 phases between April 11 and May 19 - Counting day on May 23. Watch Republic TV here - https://t.co/LGCyJUEBn5 pic.twitter.com/nGqVHzK8cr — Republic (@republic) March 10, 2019 READ| CONFIRMED: BJP Fields Chandra Kumar Bose From Kolkata South In 2019 Lok Sabha Polls; Here Are The 28 Announced Names From West Bengal

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SCOOP: Congress to field Sapna Choudhary against BJP's Hema Malini in battle for Uttar Pradesh's Mathura seat in Lok Sabha elections 2019

In the race up to the Lok Sabha elections that are scheduled to be held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19, the BJP released its first set of 185 candidates, that along with senior ministers includes actress-turned-politician Hema Malini.

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