Lok Sabha Election 2024: BJP release first list of 195 candidates, 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.
BJP on Saturday announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest again from Varanasi in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
The list also included two former ministers as well as Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla from Kota in Rajasthan.
Union ministers whose names have been announced by the BJP in the first list of candidates include Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Bhupender Yadav, Mansukh Mandaviya, Sarbananda Sonowal, Kiren Rijiju, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Arjun Ram Meghwal, G Kishan Reddy, Arjun Munda and Smriti Irani.
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The first list of candidates includes 34 central ministers and MoS and Lok Sabha Speaker, says BJP National General Secretary Vinod Tawde, reported ANI.