BJP releases second list of seven candidates for Gujarat; Check the full list

The BJP’s list of candidates for Gujarat includes two women nominees who are from the key Lok Sabha constituencies of Bhavnagar and Vadodara.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the meeting of the party’s Central Election Committee (CEC) at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Monday along with BJP national president JP Nadda. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and others were also seen. (ANI photo)

BJP candidate list: The BJP on Wednesday announced its second list of 72 candidates for the upcoming elections Lok Sabha elections 2024. In its second list, the ruling party has announced the names of candidates for seven Lok Sabha seats Gujarat.

Here is the BJP’s list of seven candidates for Gujarat:

Bhikhaji Dudhaji Thakor – Sabarkantha
Hashmukhbhai Patel – Ahmedabad East
Nimuben Bambhania-Bhavnagar
Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt – Vadodara
Jashubhai Bhilubhai Rathwa – Chhota Udaipur
Mukeshbhai Dalal-Sura
Dhawal Patel-Valsad

The BJP’s list of candidates for Gujarat includes two women nominees who are from the key Lok Sabha constituencies of Bhavnagar and Vadodara.

The saffron party has fielded Hashmukhbhai Somabhai Patel from Ahmedabad East, Dhawal Patel from Valsad, Mukeshbhai Chandrakant Dalal from Surat, Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt from Vadodara, Nimuben Bambhania from Bhavnagar, Bhikhaji Dudhaji Thakor from Sabarkantha and Jashubhai Bhilubhai Rathwa from Chhota Udaipur.

BJP 2nd list of candidates

The BJP on Wednesday released its second list of candidates for the upcoming general elections, naming Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal and Anurag Singh Thakur, and former chief ministers Manohar Lal Khattar, Trivendra Singh Rawat and Basavaraj Bommai in the list of 72 candidates. .

According to the list, BJP chief spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Anil Baluni has been fielded from Garhwal in Uttarakhand, while the saffron party in Delhi has fielded two new candidates – Harsh Malhotra from east Delhi and Yogendra Chandolia from north-west Delhi.

In Karnataka, Union minister Pralhad Joshi will contest from Dharwad, while former chief minister BS Yediyurappa’s son BY Raghavendra will contest from Shivamogga.

Tejasvi Surya, the head of the BJP’s youth wing, will seek re-election from south Bengaluru.

Yaduveer Krishnadatta Wadiyar of the erstwhile royal family of Mysore replaces Pratap Simha as the BJP candidate in the Mysore seat.

Earlier this month, the BJP had announced its first list of 195 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, while the opposition Congress has so far announced names for 82 Lok Sabha seats.

The BJP-led National Democratic (NDA) won a total of 303 seats, leaving the old party on 52 seats.

The Lok Sabha elections will be held in April and May this year.

(With input from agencies)