Lucknow: The Congress has announced that it will field candidates on all 11 seats -- five graduates' and six teachers' constituencies -- in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections scheduled for next year.

The party also named five potential candidates and indicated that it plans to go solo in the polls.

In a statement issued on Friday, state Congress chief Ajay Rai said the party aims to amplify the voices of the youth and teachers in the council. To achieve this, it has begun registering 5 lakh graduate and 2 lakh teacher voters.

Rai said the potential candidates are being appointed as coordinators for each seat.

Five coordinators have been named -- Vikrant Vashishtha for Meerut-Saharanpur Graduate seat, Raghuraj Singh Pal for Agra Graduate seat, Devmani Tiwari for Lucknow Gra

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