New Delhi. BJP’s fifth list has been released today. In this, Varun Gandhi’s ticket has been cut from Pilibhit and Jitin Prasad has been given the ticket. Whereas BJP has once again expressed confidence in Maneka Gandhi from Sultanpur. Atul Garg has been given ticket from Ghaziabad. There, MP and Minister General VK Singh had refused even before contesting the elections. BJP has given ticket from Meerut to Arun Govil, who played the role of Ram in Ramayana.
Raghav Lakhanpal has been given ticket from Saharanpur. Sarvesh Singh from Moradabad, Satish Gautam from Aligarh, Anup Valmiki from Hathras, Durgvijay Singh Shakya from Badaun, Chhatrapal Singh Gangwar from Bareilly, Rajrani Rawat from Barabanki and Arvind Gond from Bahraich have been given Lok Sabha tickets. Ramesh Awasthi, a journalist and editor of Sahara Group from Kanpur, has been given the ticket.
BJP leader and Union Minister General V.K. Singh (retd) on Sunday announced that he will not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The former army chief has been a two-time MP from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. He wrote in a post on X that ‘I have dedicated my entire life as a soldier to the service of this country. For the last 10 years, I have worked tirelessly to fulfill the dream of making Ghaziabad city world class. I am grateful for the trust and love that I have received from the people of the country and Ghaziabad as well as from the BJP members during this journey. This emotional bond is priceless for me. It is with these feelings that I have taken a difficult, but thoughtful decision. That ‘I will not contest the 2024 elections.’
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FIRST PUBLISHED: March 24, 2024, 21:13 IST