Congress released the first list of 53 candidates for Uttarakhand assembly polls last night. The Party has fielded Former state assembly speaker Yashpal Arya from Bajpur. Former Leader of Opposition Indira Hridayesh's son Sumit Hridayesh will fight from Haldwani.<br />''<br />''Leader of opposition in State assembly Pritam Singh will contest from Chakrata and Party's state president Ganesh Godiyal has been fielded from Srinagar.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, Congress also released its first list of 40 candidates for the upcoming Manipur Assembly elections. The list consists of 24 candidates of the assembly constituencies which will go to poll on 27 February in the first phase. The remaining 16 candidates will be contesting in the second phase of election.<br />''<br />''Former Chief Minister and leader of Congress, Okram Ibobi has been fielded from Thoubal Assembly constituency while his son Surjakumar Okram has been given a ticket from Khangabok seat. Both the constituencies fall under Thoubal district.<br />''<br />''In the first phase, polls for 38 assembly constituencies will be conducted while polls for 22 seats will be held on 3rd March in the second phase.<br />''<br />''Among the 40 candidates announced last evening, 11 candidates belong to Scheduled Tribe constituencies. <br />