BJP Candidates List Live: Modi, Shah, Rajnath to Contest Again; 33 MPs Dropped in First List

BJP Candidates List Live: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced its first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2024, making some major changes by dropping 33 sitting MPs and bringing in new faces. The list was released on Saturday night after a marathon meeting of the party’s Central Election Committee (CEC), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Modi to Contest from Varanasi, Shah from Gandhinagar (BJP Candidates List Live)

As expected, Modi will contest from his current seat of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, where he won by a margin of over 3 lakh votes in 2019. He will be seeking a third term as the prime minister of the country. Modi had also contested from Vadodara in Gujarat in 2019, but vacated the seat after winning both.

The BJP has fielded its president, Amit Shah, from Gandhinagar in Gujarat, replacing veteran leader LK Advani, who had been representing the seat since 1998. Shah, who is also the home minister, will be making his Lok Sabha debut from his home state. He had earlier contested the 2019 Rajya Sabha elections from Gujarat and won.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Jyotiraditya Scindia in MP List, Pragya Thakur Out

BJP Candidates List Live: In Madhya Pradesh, the BJP has given tickets to former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and former Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, who joined the party last year. Chouhan will contest from Vidisha, a seat that he has represented four times in the past. Scindia will contest from Guna, his former bastion that he lost to the Congress in 2019.

The BJP has dropped controversial MP Pragya Singh Thakur, who had defeated Congress leader Digvijaya Singh in Bhopal in 2019. Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, had made several controversial remarks during her tenure, including calling Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse a patriot and claiming that she had cured her cancer by drinking cow urine.

Smriti Irani to Face Rahul Gandhi Again in Amethi

BJP Candidates List Live: In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has retained most of its sitting MPs, including Smriti Irani, who will contest from Amethi again. Irani had pulled off a stunning upset in 2019 by defeating Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from his family stronghold. Gandhi, who had also contested from Wayanad in Kerala and won, conceded the seat to Iran.

The BJP has also fielded Union Minister Rajnath Singh from Lucknow, a seat that he won in 2014 and 2019. Singh, who is also the deputy leader of the party in Lok Sabha, will be seeking his third consecutive term in the state capital. He had earlier represented Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh and Haora in West Bengal in the lower house of Parliament.

Other Prominent Names in the List

BJP Candidates List Live: The BJP has also announced the names of some of its other prominent leaders who will be contesting the Lok Sabha elections in 2024. These include:

• Nitin Gadkari, Union minister of road transport and highways, from Nagpur in Maharashtra

• Nirmala Sitharaman, Union minister of finance and corporate affairs, from Bangalore South in Karnataka

• Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, former Union minister of youth affairs and sports, is from Jaipur Rural in Rajasthan

• Babul Supriyo, former Union minister of environment, forest and climate change, from Asansol in West Bengal

• Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union minister of law and justice, from Patna Sahib in Bihar

• Kiren Rijiju, Union minister of sports and youth affairs, from Arunachal West in Arunachal Pradesh

• Anurag Thakur, Union minister of information and broadcasting, from Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh

• Tejasvi Surya, BJP national president of youth wing, is from Bangalore South in Karnataka

BJP Drops 33 Sitting MPs, Including 6 Ministers

BJP Candidates List Live: The BJP has also dropped 33 of its sitting MPs, including six ministers, from its first list of candidates. The party has given preference to new and young faces while also accommodating some of its allies. Some of the notable MPs who have been denied tickets are:

• Anantkumar Hegde, former Union minister of skill development and entrepreneurship, is from Uttara Kannada in Karnataka

• DV Sadananda Gowda, former Union minister of chemicals and fertilizers, from Bangalore North in Karnataka

• Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, former Union minister of education, is from Haridwar in Uttarakhand

• Harsh Vardhan, former Union minister of health and family welfare, from Chandni Chowk in Delhi

• Prakash Javadekar, former Union minister of environment, forest and climate change from Pune in Maharashtra

• Santosh Gangwar, former Union minister of labour and employment, from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh

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BJP to Announce Candidates for Remaining Seats Soon

BJP Candidates List Live: The BJP has said that it will announce the candidates for the remaining seats in the coming days. The party has not yet declared its candidates for some of the key states like West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, and Delhi, where it is facing a tough challenge from the opposition parties. The party has also not finalised its seat-sharing arrangements with some of its allies, like the Shiv Sena, the Janata Dal (United), and the Lok Janshakti Party.

The Lok Sabha elections 2024 will be held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19, and the results will be declared on May 23. The BJP, which had won 303 seats in 2019, is aiming to retain its majority and form the government for the third consecutive time under Modi’s leadership. The party is facing a united opposition led by the Congress, which won 52 seats in 2019. The Congress has formed alliances with several regional parties, like the Nationalist Congress Party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, and the Samajwadi Party, to challenge the BJP’s dominance.

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FAQ: BJP Candidates List Live:

When will the Lok Sabha elections in 2024 be held?
The Lok Sabha elections 2024 will be held in seven phases, as soon as announced by the ECI.

Q: How many candidates has the BJP announced in its first list?A: The BJP Candidates List Live has 195 candidates in its first list, out of the total 543 seats in the Lok Sabha.

Q: Which are the prominent seats that the BJP has retained or changed in its first list?
A: The BJP has retained some of its prominent seats like Varanasi, Amethi, Lucknow, Nagpur, Bangalore South, and Patna Sahib. It has also changed some of its seats, like Gandhinagar, Vidisha, Guna, Bhopal, and Chandni Chowk.

Q: Who are the new faces that the BJP has fielded on its first list?Some of the new faces that the BJP has fielded in its first list are Amit Shah, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Tejasvi Surya, and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore.

Q: Who are the sitting MPs that the BJP has dropped from its first list?
The BJP has dropped 33 of its sitting MPs, including six ministers, from its first list. Some of the notable MPs who have been denied tickets are Anantkumar Hegde, DV Sadananda Gowda, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Harsh Vardhan, Prakash Javadekar, and Pragya Singh Thakur.

Q: Which are the states that the BJP has not yet declared its candidates for?
A: The BJP has not yet declared its candidates for some of the key states like West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, and Delhi, where it is facing a tough challenge from the opposition parties. The party has also not finalised its seat-sharing arrangements with some of its allies, like the Shiv Sena, the Janata Dal (United), and the Lok Janshakti Party.