Anurag Singh Thakur has been pitted from Himachal Pradesh’s Hamipur seat, Gadkari from Nagpur.....
Digital desk: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its second list of 72 Lok Sabha candidates on Wednesday. The second list focused on 10 states including Karnataka, Gujarat, and Maharashtra. The list includes Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal, Anurag Thakur, and ML Khattar.
Anurag Singh Thakur has been pitted from Himachal Pradesh’s Hamipur seat, Gadkari from Nagpur, Pralhad Joshi From Dharwad, Piyush Goyal from Mumbai North, MoS Shobha Karandlaje from Banglore North, Tejasvi Surya from Bangalore South and Trivendra Singh Rawat from Hardwar.
Manohar Lal Khattar, who resigned as Haryana CM earlier this week, will contest from Karnal Lok Sabha seat. Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Ashok Tanwar will contest as BJP candidate from Sirsa.
Rao Inderjit Singh Yadav has been pitted from Gurgaon, Minister of State of Heavy Industries Kishan Pal Gurjar from Faridabad, Pankaja Munde from Beed in Maharashtra, MoS Bharati Pravi Pawar from Dindori, Raosaheb Dadarao Danve from Jalna, and Sudhir Mungantiwar from Chandrapur.
Mysore MP Pratap Simha, whose name came up during the Parliament security breach incident, has been dropped. He is replaced by Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar. Former chief minister B S Yediyurappa’s son B Y Raghavendra will contest from Shimoga and former Karnataka CM Basavarj Bommai will be in the fray from Haveri seat.
BJP chief spokesperson and Rajya Sabha member Anil Baluni has been fielded from Garhwal in Uttarakhand. In Delhi, the BJP has dropped six out of its seven sitting MPs. Harsh Malhotra will contest from East Delhi and Yogendra Chandolia from North West Delhi.
BJP leader Vivek Sahu will face former MP CM Kamal Nath’s son Nakul Nath in Chindwara. The BJP’s Central Election Committee on Monday held its second meeting to decide on the candidates for the Lok Sabha elections as its senior leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, went through the list of probables for several states to make final choices.
Last week the BJP released its first list of 195 candidates for the general election. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be contesting from Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi seat while Home Minister Amit Shah will contest from Gujarat's Gandhinagar.
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