BJP Releases 184 Names For LS Polls, PM Modi To Fight From Varanasi
Mumbai: Ruling party BJP recently released it’s first 184 candidates list for upcoming LokSabha Election. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.
On the other hand, party president Amit Shah will contest from Gandhinagar in his hometown of Gujarat; One seat where senior BJP leader LK Advani is sitting. Shri Advani is not in the first list of candidates.
Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari will contest from Lucknow and Nagpur respectively.
Meanwhile, Textile Minister Smriti Irani will fight against Congress President Rahul Gandhi for the second time because she is contesting from Amethi.
Today there are 184 candidates in the list, Union Minister JP Nadda said, as soon as they announced the names.
28 names each have been announced for Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, 21 Karnataka, 16 Maharashtra, 16 Rajasthan, 13 Kerala, 10 Odisha, 10 Telangana, 8 Assam, 5 Tamil Nadu, 5 Chhattisgarh, 5 Jammu and Kashmir, 5 Uttarakhand, 2 Arunachal, 2 Tripura, 2 Andhra Pradesh, 1 Gujarat, 1 Sikkim, 1 Mizoram, 1 Lakshwadeep and 1 Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
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