The Bharatiya Janata Get together has up to now introduced the names of 118 candidates for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. The celebration launched its eighth checklist of 11 candidates yesterday which had names of a number of turncoats and even a shocking identify of a overseas ambassador. The checklist had names from three states – Punjab, Odisha and West Bengal. The checklist places BJP manner forward of the Congress because the grand outdated celebration is but to announce names on nearly all of seats.
BJP’s Odisha Listing
The BJP nominated Bhartruhari Mahtab from the Cuttack Lok Sabha seat. A sitting MP from the seat on the BJD ticket, Mahtab lately joined the BJP. Mahtab, a six-time MP, had on March 22 resigned from the BJD. Different names within the checklist embody Rabindra Narayan Behera, a former director of the Nationwide Informatics Centre, from Jajpur and Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi from Kandhamal. The BJP had earlier introduced candidates for 18 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha.
BJP’s Punjab Listing
The saffron celebration stunned everybody by fielding former Indian ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu from the Amritsar seat in Punjab. Hans Raj Hans, who misplaced their celebration ticket from North West Delhi, has now been fielded from the Amritsar seat. Former AAP MP Sushil Kumar Rinku, who lately joined the BJP, bought a ticket from the Jalandhar seat whereas former Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu bought a ticket from Ludhiana. Dinesh Singh Babbu has changed star Sunny Deol from the Gurdaspur seat. The celebration additionally fielded Preneet Kaur, spouse of Capain Amarinder Singh, from Patiala.
Why Sandhu From Amritsar?
The BJP has been actively working to increase its help base amongst Sikhs, who represent a majority in Punjab, with hopes of constructing important features within the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The celebration is especially centered on reclaiming the Amritsar seat, which it hasn’t held since Navjot Singh Sidhu’s victory in 2009. Nonetheless, Sidhu, now with the Congress celebration, at the moment holds the seat, represented by Gurjeet Singh Aujla. Each Arun Jaitley and Hardeep Singh Puri, BJP candidates and present Union ministers, confronted defeat within the 2014 and 2019 elections respectively.
BJP Candidate Listing So Far
On March 2, launched a listing of 195 candidates. On March 13, it introduced the names of 72 candidates. On March 21, the BJP launched a listing of 9 candidates for Tamil Nadu. On March 22, the celebration launched one other identify of 15 candidates. On March 24, the celebration introduced the names of 111 candidates and on March 26, the celebration introduced three extra candidates – two from Rajasthan and one from Manipur. The celebration launched its seventh checklist on March 27 which had two names. On March 30, the celebration launched the eighth checklist of 11 candidates. With this, the celebration has up to now introduced the names of 118 candidates.
