New Delhi: The wait for BJP’s Lok Sabha list is over, 195 names were released in 16 states and 2 union territories on Saturday evening. 34 Union Ministers have got tickets. At the same time, there are 28 women, 27 SC, 18 ST and 57 OBC names in the list. There are 47 candidates below 50 years of age, whom the party has called youth.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest from Kashi (Varanasi) and Amit Shaw will contest from Gandhinagar. Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj has got the ticket from Vidisha, former Tripura CM Biplab Deb has got the ticket from Tripura West and former Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal has got the ticket from Dibrugarh.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will again contest from his seat Kota. The party has fielded only one Muslim candidate, Dr. Abdul Salam, from Malappuram in Kerala. Saket Mishra, son of former IAS and Modi’s former personal secretary Nripendra Mishra, has got the ticket from Shravasti in Uttar Pradesh. This list includes four Bhojpuri stars Manoj Tiwari, Ravi Kishan, Dinesh Lal and Pawan Singh.
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