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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
BJP veteran L.K. Advani will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Gandhinagar in Gujarat while prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will fight from a second seat from Vadodara in the same state, the party announced.
Modi is also contesting from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, while senior leader Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi will contest from Kanpur.
The decision was taken after a long meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party's central election committee, which was not attended by Advani.
Reports said Advani was keen on contesting from Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal.
Among other senior leaders BJP has fielded Sushma Swaraj from Vidisha constituency in Madhya Pradesh, party President Rajnath Singh, from Lucknow, and Sadhvi Uma Bharti from Jhansi.
Olympian Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was given a ticket from Jaipur Rural while Bollywood actress Hema Malini will contest from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. Smt. Kirron Kher from Chandigarh and General Retd. V.K. Singh from Ghaziabad.
Varun Gandhi , sitting MP will contest from Sultanpur.
Dushyant Singh, son of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, will fight from Jhalawar in the state.
Jagdambika Pal, who joined the BJP Wednesday, will contest from Domariaganj in Uttar Pradesh. He represented the constituency as a Congress member in the 15th Lok Sabha.
In Bihar, party leader Ashwini Kumar Choubey will fight from Buxar.
This was the fifth list announced by the BJP in which 67 candidates, including 10 women, were named.
BJP veteran L.K. Advani will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Gandhinagar in Gujarat while prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will fight from a second seat from Vadodara in the same state, the party announced. Modi is also contesting from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, while senior leader Dr....
BJP veteran L.K. Advani will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Gandhinagar in Gujarat while prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will fight from a second seat from Vadodara in the same state, the party announced.
Modi is also contesting from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, while senior leader Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi will contest from Kanpur.
The decision was taken after a long meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party's central election committee, which was not attended by Advani.
Reports said Advani was keen on contesting from Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal.
Among other senior leaders BJP has fielded Sushma Swaraj from Vidisha constituency in Madhya Pradesh, party President Rajnath Singh, from Lucknow, and Sadhvi Uma Bharti from Jhansi.
Olympian Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was given a ticket from Jaipur Rural while Bollywood actress Hema Malini will contest from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. Smt. Kirron Kher from Chandigarh and General Retd. V.K. Singh from Ghaziabad.
Varun Gandhi , sitting MP will contest from Sultanpur.
Dushyant Singh, son of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, will fight from Jhalawar in the state.
Jagdambika Pal, who joined the BJP Wednesday, will contest from Domariaganj in Uttar Pradesh. He represented the constituency as a Congress member in the 15th Lok Sabha.
In Bihar, party leader Ashwini Kumar Choubey will fight from Buxar.
This was the fifth list announced by the BJP in which 67 candidates, including 10 women, were named.
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