Leaders Online Desk : BJP Lok Sabha List : The BJP announced the second list of 72 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections on Wednesday (13). This list includes candidates from Maharashtra. Earlier, the BJP announced the first list of 195 candidates last week, which did not include a single candidate from Maharashtra. But through the second list, 20 candidates from Maharashtra have been given tickets for the Lok Sabha elections.
The second list mainly focuses on 10 states including Karnataka, Gujarat and Maharashtra. The list includes Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal and ML Khattar. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and Home Minister Amit Shah from Gandhinagar in Gujarat. The ruling party list is coming even before the Election Commission notifies the Lok Sabha election dates.
Names from Maharashtra in the list of candidates announced on Wednesday:
Nitin Gadkari (Nagpur), Raksha Khadse (Raver), Muralidhar Mohol (Pune), Pankaja Munde (Beed), Sujay Vikhe-Patil (Ahmednagar), Sudhir Mungantiwar (Chandrapur), Bharti Pawar (Dindori), Anup Dhotre (Akola), Raosaheb Danve (Jalna), Subhash Bhamre (Dhule), Pratap Patil-Chikhlikar (Nanded), Sanjaykaka Patil (Sangli), Ranjit Nimbalkar (Madha), Piyush Goyal (North Mumbai), Mihir Kotecha (North East), Sudhakar Shringare (Latur ), Smita Wagh (Jalgaon), Kapil Patil (Bhiwandi), Ramdas Tadas (Wardha), Dr. Hina Gavit (Nandurbar).
BJP releases its second list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections pic.twitter.com/bpTvxfMkDr
— ANI (@ANI) March 13, 2024
