The Congress on Sunday announced the candidature of Pratibha Dhanorkar for Maharashtra's Chandrapur constituency for Lok Sabha elections 2024. Dhanorkar will have a tough fight as the BJP has fielded its senior leader Sudhir Mungantiwar from Chandrapur this time. 

Dhanorkar (38) is the wife of the late Suresh Dhanorkar, who was the lone Congress winner from the state in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. He died in May last year.

The BJP has fielded former Maharashtra minister Sudhir Mungantiwar from Chandrapur in the state's Vidarbha region. He now represents the Ballarpur assembly constituency in Chandrapur district. Pratibha Dhanorkar is presently the MLA from Warora assembly constituency in the same district.