UP BJP Candidate List 2024: Smriti Irani, Rajnath Singh To Contest Amethi, Lucknow. Hema Malini, Ajay Teni Also In Fray

BJP Candidate List 2024: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is in the fray from Lucknow. Among the other notable inclusions are Union Ministers Smriti Irani from Amethi, Ravi Kishan from Gorakhpur.

Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani, and MP Hema Malini.

Source : PTI

UP BJP List 2024: Seeking to hit the ground running while the Opposition is still in the process of firming up seat-sharing deals, the BJP on Saturday announced candidates for 51 of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh. Leading the line for the ruling party at the Centre would be Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who would seek a fresh term in the Lower House from Varanasi.

Significantly, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is in the fray from Lucknow, the seat he currently represents in the Lok Sabha. Among the other notable inclusions are Union Ministers Smriti Irani from Amethi, Ravi Kishan from Gorakhpur and former Union Minister Dr Mahesh Sharma from Gautam Buddh Nagar.

#WATCH | BJP National General Secretary Vinod Tawde says, "Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to contest Lok Sabha elections from Lucknow. BJP MP Hema Malini to contest from Mathura. Union Minister Smriti Irani from Amethi. Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti to contest from… pic.twitter.com/Q5JoOWYGJ4

— ANI (@ANI) March 2, 2024

Also, importantly, sitting MP from Lakhimpur Kheri Ajay Mishra Teni has been given a ticket for a fresh term in the Lok Sabha, while yesteryear actor-turned politician Hema Malini has been repeated from Mathura. 

लोकसभा चुनाव 2024 के लिए घोषित सभी प्रत्याशियों को हार्दिक बधाई एवं शुभकामनाएं... pic.twitter.com/GmNPsgibcj

— BJP Uttar Pradesh (@BJP4UP) March 2, 2024

Among the other prominent candidates are Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti from Fatehpur, Neelam Sonkar from Lalganj, Rekha Verma from Dhaurarha.

Check the full list here: 

	Candidate	Seat
1	Pradeep Kumar	Kairana
2	Sanjeev Kumar Balyan	Muzaffarnagar
3	Om Kumar	Nagina
4	Ghanshyam Lodhi	Rampur
5	Parameshwar Lal Saini	Sambhal
6	Kanwar Singh Tanwar	Amroha
7	Mahesh Sharma	Gautam Buddha Nagar
8	Bhola Singh	Bulandshahr
9	Hema Malini	Mathura
10	Satyapal Singh Baghel	Agra
11	Raj Kumar Chahar	Fatehpur Sikri
12	Rajveer Singh	Etah
13	Dharmendra Kashyap	Aonla
14	Arun Kumar Sagar	Sahajahanpur
15	Ajay Mishra Teni	Kheri
16	Rekha Verma	Dhaurahra
17	Rajesh Verma	Sitapur
18	Jai Prakash Rawat	Hardoi
19	Ashok Kumar Rawat	Misrikh
20	Sakshi Maharaj	Unnao
21	Kaushal Kishore	Mohanlalganj
22	Rajnath Singh	Lucknow
23	Smriti Irani	Amethi
24	Sangam Lal Gupta	Pratagarh
25	Mukesh Rajput	Farrukhabad
26	Ram Shankar Katheria	Etawah
27	Subrat Pathak	Kannauj
28	Devendra Singh 'Bhole'	Akbarpur
29	Bhanu Prata Singh Verma	Jalaun
30	Anurag Sharma	Jhansi
31	Kunwar Pushpendra Singh Chandel	Hamirpur
32	RK Singh Patel	Banda
33	Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti	Fatehpur
34	Upendra Singh Rawat	Barabanki
35	Lallu Singh	Faizabad
36	Ritesh Pande	Ambedkar Nagar
37	Saket Mishra	Shrawasti
38	Kirti Vardhan Singh	Gonda
39	Jagdambika Pal	Domariyaganj
40	Harish Dwivedi	Basti
41	Praveen Kumar Nishad	Sant Kabir Nagar
42	Pankaj Choudhary	Maharaganj
43	Ravi Kishan	Gorakhpur
44	Vijay Kumar Dubey	Kushi Nagar
45	Kamlesh Paswan	Bansgaon
46	Neelam Sonkar	Lalganj
47	Dinesh Lal Yadav ‘Nirahua’	Azamgarh
48	Ravindra Kushwaha	Salempur
49	Kripashankar Singh	Jaunpur
50	Mahendra Nath Pande	Chandauli

Meanwhile, reacting to PM Modi contesting from Varanasi seat, Congress State President Ajay Rai told ANI, “This (Varanasi) is a traditional Congress seat...Banaras is completely with Congress. There was no tax on paan and sarees...During the time of Prime Minister Modi, paan is also being taxed, sarees are also being taxed.”

#WATCH | Varanasi: On BJP's announcement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi contesting from Varanasi for Lok Sabha elections 2024, Congress State President Ajay Rai says, "This (Varanasi) is a traditional Congress seat...Banaras is completely with Congress. There was no tax on paan… pic.twitter.com/JmDj90bqRU

— ANI (@ANI) March 2, 2024