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Earlier this month, the BJP had introduced its first checklist of greater than 190 candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, due in April-May (PTI Photo)
The BJP on Wednesday named 72 extra candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, together with Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal and Anurag Singh Thakur, and former chief ministers Manohar Lal Khattar, Trivendra Singh Rawat and Basavaraj Bommai.
BJP chief spokesperson and Rajya Sabha member Anil Baluni has been fielded from Garhwal in Uttarakhand.
In Delhi, it has fielded two new candidates — Harsh Malhotra from East Delhi and Yogendra Chandolia from North West Delhi.
In Karnataka, Union minister Pralhad Joshi will struggle from Dharwad whereas former chief minister B S Yediyurappa’s son B Y Raghavendra will contest from Shimoga.
Tejasvi Surya, the BJP’s youth wing chief, will search re-election from Bengaluru South.
Yaduveer Krishnadatta Wadiyar of the erstwhile Mysore royal household replaces Pratap Simha because the BJP candidate within the Mysore seat.
Earlier this month, the BJP had introduced its first checklist of greater than 190 candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, due in April-May.
First Published: Mar 13 2024 | 8:31 PM IST
