New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its sixth list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections. There are names of three candidates in the list. BJP has canceled the ticket of Jaskaur Meena, MP from Dausa, Rajasthan and declared Kanhaiya Lal Meena as its candidate. At the same time, the ticket of Karauli Dholpur MP Dr. Manoj Rajouria has also been canceled. BJP has given ticket to Indu Devi Jatav in place of Manoj.
Names of 24 candidates declared so far
Congress has declared Murari Lal Meena as its candidate from Dausa. Congress has given ticket to Bhajanlal Jatav from Karauli-Dholpur Lok Sabha seat. BJP has declared candidates for 24 out of 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
Announcement of candidate for Manipur
On the other hand, BJP has also announced the name of its candidate for a seat in Manipur. The ticket of Union Minister Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, MP from Manipur Inner, has been cut. In place of Rajkumar, BJP has made T Basant Kumar Singh its candidate.
7 candidates were announced on Sunday
Earlier on Sunday, BJP had released the list of seven more candidates from Rajasthan for the Lok Sabha elections. The party has re-fielded two sitting MPs, Sukhbir Singh Jaunpuria from Tonk-Sawai Madhopur and Bhagirath Chaudhary from Ajmer. Bhagirath Chaudhary was fielded in the assembly elections in December last year but he lost the election. The party has given tickets to Rao Rajendra Singh from Jaipur Rural and Shubhakaran Chaudhary from Jhunjhunu. Both are former MLAs.
Women also got tickets
Of the seven candidates announced by the party, three are women. Among the candidates announced today, one is a woman. BJP has fielded Priyanka Balan from Ganganagar, Manju Sharma from Jaipur and Mahima Vishweshwar Singh from Rajsamand. Mahima Vishweshwar Singh is a member of the former royal family of Udaipur. She is the wife of BJP MLA Vishwaraj Singh Mewar. She will contest the Lok Sabha elections from Rajput dominated Rajsamand seat. Rajsamand Lok Sabha seat had become vacant after MP Diya Kumari was elected as MLA in the 2023 assembly elections.
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