The Congress on Wednesday released its first list of 21 candidates for the first phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020, due to begin on October 28.
The list was announced after the party's central election committee, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, cleared their names at a meeting held earlier this week.
The Congress has nominated Shubhanand Mukesh, the son of Congress Legislature Party leader in Bihar Sadanand Singh, from the Kahalgaon Assembly seat.
The party has fielded Akhauri Onkar Nath from Gaya Town instead of Mohan Shrivastava, who is facing charges of rape.
Sources said Shrivastava's name was earlier cleared, but following objections by some senior leaders, he was dropped and replaced by another candidate.
The last date for filing of nominations for the first phase of Bihar Assembly polls is Thursday. Bihar Assembly elections will be held in three phases on October 28, November 3 and 7, while the results will be out on November 10.
The Congress will be contesting on 70 seats as part of the RJD-led grand alliance in Bihar.