New Delhi. BJP on Sunday released its fifth list of candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. With this the number of declared candidates of BJP increased to 402. The party took some big steps in this list, such as announcing to contest 64 out of 74 seats in the largest state Uttar Pradesh, Kangana Ranaut from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh and ‘Lord Ram’ from Meerut in UP. Star names like screen avatar Arun Govil were fielded in the election and tickets of many big leaders were canceled.
Tickets canceled for these veterans
BJP has canceled the tickets of many sitting MPs in its latest list of 111 candidates, which includes 7 MPs from Uttar Pradesh and 4 from Bihar. The big names who have been removed include Union Minister VK Singh from Ghaziabad and Ashwini Choubey from Buxar. Varun Gandhi’s ticket has been canceled and UP Minister Jitin Prasad has been fielded in his place from Pilibhit. Varun’s mother Maneka Gandhi will contest elections from Sultanpur. Whereas in West Bengal, BJP has changed the seat of its former president Dilip Ghosh from Medinipur to Bardhaman-Durgapur. Now BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul will contest from Medinipur seat.
He got reward as soon as he joined BJP
Even when the Lok Sabha elections are very close, those who joined BJP have got the party ticket immediately. Former Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay will contest from Tamluk, industrialist Naveen Jindal will contest from Kurukshetra, while Haryana minister Ranjit Chautala, who was an independent MLA, will contest from Hisar. Among them, Abhijit Gangopadhyay had joined BJP a few days ago, while Naveen Jindal and Ranjit Chautala had joined BJP just a few hours before the release of the list. Senior leader Tapas Roy, who has left TMC, will contest from Kolkata North, while Sita Soren will contest from Dumka. Sita is the sister-in-law of former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren. Apart from this, Arjun Singh, who returned to BJP from TMC, has got the ticket from Barrackpur.
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In Bihar, BJP has again given tickets to many of its big names like Ravi Shankar Prasad, RK Singh, Giriraj Singh, Ramkripal Yadav, Nityanand Rai, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Sanjay Jaiswal and Radha Mohan Singh. After confirming the seat sharing with JDU and LJP, BJP has announced all its 17 candidates in Bihar. Senior BJP leader K to contest Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad. Surendran has been selected.
After talks with BJD failed, BJP has announced all 21 candidates in Odisha, including Sambit Patra from Puri and Aparajita Sarangi from Bhubaneswar – two seats on which BJP and BJD could not reach any agreement.
An interesting contest will also be seen in Krishnanagar, West Bengal, where BJP has fielded Rajmata Amrita Roy against TMC’s Mahua Moitra. Sandeshkhali victim Rekha Patra has been given BJP ticket from Basirhat.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: March 25, 2024, 13:24 IST