The BJP on Saturday introduced its first record of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls which included the names of 34 Union ministers.
With the announcement of its first record, the BJP has despatched a powerful message to the candidates and the get together leaders who had been dropped.
The first directive from the get together was asking the ministers on the record to start their campaigning as quickly as attainable and earn the individuals’s mandate in the event that they want to retain their positions sooner or later councils.
A number of Union ministers who’re present Rajya Sabha members have been fielded by the BJP, together with Well being Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Setting Minister Bhupender Yadav, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Animal Husbandry Minister Parshottam Rupala, Delivery Minister Sarbanand Sonowal, Minister of State for Electronics and Info Expertise Rajeev Chandrasekhar, amongst others.
BJP DROPS 4 OF 5 DELHI MPs
The BJP additionally got here down closely on incumbent MPs whose efficiency didn’t match expectations and set an instance with its announcement for the candidates in Delhi. The get together introduced candidates for 5 out of the seven seats.
Of the 5 introduced, the BJP retained just one MP and changed the remaining 4. Solely Manoj Kumar Tiwari, who’s the present MP from North East Delhi, will contest from the identical seat once more.
The remainder of the incumbent MPs, Harsh Vardhan (Chandni Chowk), Meenakashi Lekhi (New Delhi), Ramesh Bidhuri (South Delhi) and Parvesh Sahib Singh (West Delhi) have been dropped by the get together.
Bansuri Swaraj, the daughter of former Union minister Sushma Swaraj, will make her ballot debut and contest the election from the New Delhi seat.
STEERING CLEAR OF CONTROVERSIAL MPs
The opposite message the BJP despatched to its get together members was made by dropping controversial MPs from its candidate record. This contains South Delhi MP Ramesh Bidhuri and Bhopal MP Pragya Singh Thakur.
Bidhuri had courted controversy final 12 months when he made objectionable remarks towards Bahujan Samaj Get together (BSP) chief Danish Ali within the Lok Sabha. His remarks had been later expunged from the data.
Alternatively, Pragya Singh Thakur had repeatedly praised Nathuram Godse and needed to apologise for her remarks after going through extreme backlash. Sources stated Thakur’s comment hadn’t gone down effectively with Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself.
In Ramesh Bidhuri and Pragya Thakur’s place, the BJP has fielded Ramvir Singh Bidhuri and Alok Sharma respectively.
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