Leader Online Desk : BJP announced the fifth list for the Lok Sabha elections on Sunday (March 24) night. The party has rejected the candidature of 37 sitting MPs, including Union Ministers Ashwini Kumar Choubey, VK Singh and Varun Gandhi. (Lok Sabha Elections 2024) Specially, Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut and actor Arun Govil have been given a place in this list. Let's know the salient features of BJP's fifth list…
Party spokesperson Sambit Patra re-nominated
BJP has nominated Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan from Sambalpur. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra will contest from Puri. He was defeated from this seat in 2019.
Ananth Kumar Hegde, who has been an MP for six consecutive terms, refused to contest
BJP did not give ticket to six-time Karnataka MP Ananth Kumar Hegde. His recent remarks on the Indian Constitution had created a major political controversy.
The candidature of 9 sitting MPs from Uttar Pradesh was rejected
The party has refused to give tickets to 37 MPs. Uttar Pradesh has nine, Gujarat five, Odisha four and Bihar, Karnataka and Jharkhand three each.
Candidates for other party leaders who have joined the BJP
Several leaders who left other parties and joined the BJP, including Sita Soren, Tapas Roy and N Kiran Kumar Reddy, have also been given tickets. Former Congress MP Naveen Jindal has been nominated from Kurukshetra and Jitin Prasad from Pilibhit. Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's sister-in-law Sita Soren has been nominated from Dumka. A few days ago, he left the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and joined the BJP.
Candidates under Sandeshkhal Rekha candidates from Basirhat
Rekha Patra, one of the Sandeshkhali victims, has been nominated from Basirhat in West Bengal.
Varun Gandhi rejected, Maneka Gandhi fielded from Sultanpur
Union Minister Giriraj Singh has got a ticket from Begusarai and former Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad from Patna Sahib. Varun Gandhi did not get a ticket from Pilibhit this time. His mother Maneka Gandhi has been made a candidate from Sultanpur.
Kangana Ranaut will contest from Mandi and Arun Govil from Meerut
Atul Garg has replaced two-time MP VK Singh in Ghaziabad. Film actress Kangana Ranaut will contest the Lok Sabha elections from Mandi. Arun Govil, who played the role of Rama in Ramayana, has been nominated from Meerut.
Former Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay nominated from Tamluk
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagdish Shettar will contest from Belgaum. Former Calcutta High Court Judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay will contest from Tamluk in West Bengal.
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