Bjp Candidates List

West Bengal candidates list: BJP names Babul Supriyo, TMC turncoat Rajib Banerjee among 63 for 3rd, 4th phases

The saffron party has also fielded former chief economic adviser to the government Ashok Lahiri from the Alipurduar seat and Swapan Dasgupta from the Tarakeshwar Assembly segment

Smriti Irani's relentless pursuit of Amethi may finally pay off, unseat Rahul Gandhi from Congress bastion

Though Smriti Irani lost to Rahul Gandhi in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls from Amethi, she made Amethi her second home, preparing for the 2019 elections and taking up a series of developmental projects in the region

Lok Sabha Election 2019: From Narendra Modi to Smriti Irani, key names in BJP's first list of candidates

The BJP on Thursday released the first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, featuring 184 names. The list included the names of heavyweights like Narendra Modi, party chief Amit Shah, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, among many others.

LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi denied Lok Sabha tickets as BJP ignores old guard in favour of fresh faces

The surprise inclusion of Tejaswi Surya in the BJP's list of Lok Sabha hopefuls has made one thing abundantly clear about the ruling party, in its quest to bring new blood into the candidates' list it is unafraid of leaving behind a trail of broken-hearted party veterans.

BJP candidate list for Lok Sabha election in Uttarakhand marks rise of a new order, passing of old guard

For the first time, the BJP is going to contest the election in Uttarakhand without its two strongest pillars, who were considered integral to the party's leadership.

LK Advani's exclusion from BJP list caps career where he has always been eclipsed by Modi, Shah and Vajpayee

The talking point of BJP's first list of candidates, where one Amit Shah has replaced LK Advani in the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat, was undoubtedly Advani's absence from it. The 91-year-old has always been overshadowed by the likes of Narendra Modi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

BJP reveals candidates in 21 of 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka, three Congress turncoats make it to the list

Karnataka 28 Lok Sabha seats, of which the BJP had bagged 17, Congress 9 and JDS 2 in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

BJP CEC meet again today, second list of candidates including those for key seats of Gujarat, UP, Chhattisgarh likely to be announced

While most political parties have released at least one list — the Congress has released six — the BJP released its first list of 184 candidates just weeks before polling begins, on 21 March.

BJP candidates list 2019 for Lok Sabha Election: Narendra Modi to contest from Varanasi, Smriti Irani from Amethi

At a press conference, Union health minister JP Nadda announced the names of 184 candidates in the party's first list of candidates. While Modi will again contest from his Varanasi seat, Amit Shah will fight from Gandhinagar.

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