Daggubati Purandeswari is the daughter of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister late N T Rama Rao and she was elected from the Visakhapatnam constituency. She served as the Minister of State for the Ministry of Human Resource Development in the Manmohan Singh-led cabinet.
Mullappally Ramachandran, who was elected from Vadakara in Kerala, is a senior Congress leader.
Congress leader Shrikant Jena was elected from Balasore in Orissa. A former member of the Janata Dal-Secular, he has served as the minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Tourism in the I K Gujaral-led government.
V Narayanasamy is a senior Congress leader who was elected from the Union Territory of Puducherry. He also served as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning in the Manmohan Singh-led government.