<span style="color: #222222;">The Congress released its first list of 51 candidates for the Maharashtra Assembly elections yesterday. According to the list, the party fielded former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan from the Bhokar constituency and State Unit Chief Balasaheb Thorat from Sangamner.<br />''<br />'' Another former Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh's son Amit has been fielded from the Latur City seat, while ex-Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde's daughter Praniti will contest from the Solapur City Central seat. Senior party leader Nitin Raut, who heads the party's SC Department, has been fielded from the Nagpur North reserved constituency. The list of candidates was finalized after the party's Central Election Committee met under the chairmanship of Party Chief Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi and cleared the names.</span><br />