The Bharatiya Janata Party has announced its second list consisting of 72 candidates ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The BJP’s list includes prominent names such as Manohar Lal Khattar, Nitin Gadkari, Anurag Thakur, and Piyush Goyal.
Manohar Lal Khattar will be contesting from the Karnal seat whereas union minister Nitin Gadkari retained his Nagpur seat after there was a little uncertainty as his name did not feature in the first list of the candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
Here’s a look at the full list:
Delhi:
East Delhi – Harsh Malhotra
North West Delhi – Shri Yogendra Chandolia
Gujarat:
Sabarkantha – Bhikaji Dudhaji Thakor
Ahmedabad East – Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel
Bhavnagar – Nimuben Bambhania
Vadodara – Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt
Chhota Udaipur – Jashubhai Bhilubhai Rathwa
Surat – Mukeshbhai Chandrakant Dalal
Valsad – Dhawal Patel
Haryana:
Ambala – Banto Kataria
Sirsa – Ashok Tanwar
Karnal – Manohar Lal Khattar
Bhiwani – Mahendragarh – Chaudhary Dharambir Singh
Gurgaon – Rao Inderjit Singh Yadav
Faridabad – Krishan Pal Gurjar
Himachal Pradesh:
Hamirpur – Anurag Singh Thakur
Shimla – Suresh Kumar Kashyap
Karnataka:
Chikkodi – Annasaheb Shankar Jolle
Bagalkote – PC Gaddigoudar
Bijapur – Ramesh Jigajinagi
Gulbarga – Umesh G Jadhav
Bidar – Bhagwanth Khuba
Koppal – Basavaraj Kyavator
Bellary – B. Sriramulu
Haveri – Basavaraj Bommai
Dharwad – Pralhad Joshi
Devanagere – Gayathri Siddeshwara
Shimoga – B Y Raghavendra
Udupi Chikmagalur – Kota Srinivas Poojary
Dakshina Kannada – Brijesh Chowta
Tumkur – V Somanna
Mysore – Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar
Chamarajanagar – S Balaraj
Bangalore Rural – CN Manjunath
Bangalore North – Shobha Karandlaje
Bangalore Central – PC Mohan
Bangalore South – Tejasvi Surya
Madhya Pradesh:
Balaghat – Bharti Pardhi
Chhindwara – Vivek ‘Bunty’ Sahu
Ujjain – Anil Firoziya
Dhar – Savitri Thakur
Indore – Shankar Lalwani
Maharashtra:
Nandurbar – Heena Vijaykumar Gawit
Dhule – Subhash Ramrao Bhamre
Jalgaon – Smita Wagh
Raver – Raksha Nikhil Khadase
Akola – Anup Dhotre
Wardha – Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas
Nagpur – Nitin Jairam Gadkari
Chandrapur – Sudhir Mungantiwar
Nanded – Prataprao Patil Chikhalikar
Jalna – Raosaheb Dadarao Danve
Dindori – Bharati Pravin Pawar
Bhiwandi – Kapil Moreshwar Patil
Mumbai North – Piyush Goyal
Mumbai North East – Mihir Kotecha
Pune – Murlidhar Kisan Mohol
Ahmadnagar – Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
Beed – Pankaja Munda
Latur – Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangare
Madha – Ranjeetsinha Hindurao Naik-Nimbalkar
Sangli – Sanjaykaka Patil
Telangana:
Adilabad – Godam Nagesh
Peddapalle – Gomasa Srinivas
Medak – Madavaneni Raghunanda Rao
Mahbubnagar – DK Aruna
Nalgonda – Saida Reddy
Mahabubabad – Azmeera Seetaram Naik