Lok Sabha Election 2024: BJP release first list of 195 candidates, PM Modi to contest from Varanasi

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BJP Lok Sabha candidates list LIVE: BJP workers in full celebration after Home Minister Amit Shah named party candidate from Gandhinagar

#WATCH | BJP workers in full celebration mood after Union Home Minister Amit Shah declared as the party candidate from the Gandhinagar constituency for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. pic.twitter.com/fZpAk9ypLx

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Here's the first list released by BJP of 195 candidates for Lok Sabha polls

BJP releases first list of 195 candidates for Lok Sabha elections pic.twitter.com/ms1zTtzLfL

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BJP fields Rajnath Singh from Lucknow

Meanwhile, Union Minister Smriti Irani will contest from Uttar Pradesh's Amethi. 

BJP announces LS candidates for 5 Delhi seats

#WATCH | BJP announces Lok Sabha candidates for 5 Delhi seats

North-East Delhi-Manoj Tiwari; New Delhi-Bansuri Swaraj; West Delhi-Kamaljeet Sehrawat; South Delhi-Ramvir Singh Bidhuri and Delhi Chandni Chowk- Praveen Khandelwal pic.twitter.com/rkEtHnxDEg

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Former MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan to contest from Vidhisha

Jyotiraditya Scindia is set to contest from Madhya Pradesh's Guna. 

Amit Shah to contest from Gandhinagar

#WATCH | BJP announces 15 seats from Gujarat; Amit Shah to contest from Gandhinagar and Mansukhbhai Mandaviya to contest from Porbandar pic.twitter.com/ERj8GCF4p9

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BJP announces first list of 195 candidates

#WATCH | BJP announces first list of 195 candidates for Lok Sabha elections; PM Modi to contest from Varanasi. pic.twitter.com/SSC8H3MSLT

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BJP announces first list of candidates for LS polls; PM Modi to contest from Varanasi

The first list of candidates includes 34 central ministers and MoS and Lok Sabha Speaker, says BJP National General Secretary Vinod Tawde, reported ANI.