Can BJP Achieve 'Mission 400'? East And South Tally In 2024 LS Polls Will Decide That

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a road show, at Krishnanagar in Nadia district of West Bengal on March 2, 2024.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its first list of 195 candidates even before the announcement of the 2024 Lok Sabha election dates. The list includes top guns such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, two former chief ministers Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Biplab Dev. However, several of the MPs who won in 2019 have been dropped to neutralise perceived local-level anti-incumbency. MPs who made controversial statements — Pragya Singh Thakur and Ramesh