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.
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
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