Union Ministers Lalu Prasad, Praful Patel, S Jaipal Reddy and Renuka Chowdhury are testing electoral waters in the first phase of general elections. Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury, who is contesting for a third consecutive term from Khammam, is pitted against N Nageswara Rao of the TDP.While RJD chief Lalu Prasad is pitted against BJP's Rajiv Pratap Rudy and BSP's Saleem Pervez in Bihar's Saran constituency, NCP's Patel is in the fray from Bhandara-Gondia against sitting BJP member Shishupal Patle.BJP stalwart Murli Manohar Joshi is contesting from Varanasi against murder-accused Mukhtar Ansari of the BSP.After a long innings as diplomat, former United Nations Undersecretary General Shashi Tharoor is contesting from Thiruvananthapuram on a Congress ticket. He is contesting against P Ramachandran Nair of CPI.
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