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BJP Releases First List of 195 Candidates for Lok Sabha Elections; PM Modi to Contest from Varanasi Again
Published On : 2024-03-03T10:15:29+0530 [ IST ] |
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India / New Delhi :
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, featuring 195 nominees. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to contest from Varanasi again, while several prominent leaders, including ministers and former chief ministers, are also part of the list.
Key Highlights:
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi.
- The list includes 34 candidates who are ministers from the Centre and states, along with two former chief ministers.
- Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiran Rijiju will contest from Arunachal West, while Home Minister Amit Shah will contest from Gandhinagar.
- Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will contest from Lucknow, and Smriti Irani will contest from Amethi.
- Bansuri Swaraj, daughter of late leader Sushma Swaraj, has been fielded from New Delhi.
- Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will contest from Vidisha, and BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia will contest from Guna.
- BJP leader Manoj Tiwari will contest from North-East Delhi, and Kamaljeet Sehrawat will contest from West Delhi.
- Pragya Singh Thakur has been dropped from the candidate list.
The announcement of the candidate list follows a marathon meeting of the central election committee (CEC) of the BJP. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP's National President JP Nadda, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and other key leaders were present at the meeting.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, PM Modi secured a victory in Varanasi with 6,74,664 votes against Congress's Ajay Rai. The Lok Sabha elections are scheduled to be held in April-May this year.
Source : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Tags : Varanasi , BJP , Amit Shah , Narendra Modi , Lok Sabha elections , candidate list , Bansuri Swaraj , Jyotiraditya Scindia , Pragya Singh Thakur , Sushma Swaraj , Rajnath Singh , Manoj Tiwari ,
Summary : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announces its first list of 195 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to contest from Varanasi again. Get details on key candidates and highlights of the list.
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