Among the southern states, the BJP has announced candidates for 12 out of 20 seats from Kerala and nine of the 17 seats from Telangana.
BJP general secretary announcing LS polls candidates. (Screengrab)
Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar will fight to win Thiruvananthapuram seat in Kerala, currently held by Congress’ Shashi Tharoor in Lok Sabha elections 2024.
The BJP announced its first list of candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections on Saturday, 2 March. The list comprised of 195 candidates, with 21 candidates from the southern states of Kerala and Telangana.
BJP did not announce any names for seats in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh on Saturday.
BJP general secretary Vinod Tawde started the list of candidates by announcing that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would once again contest from the Varanasi parliamentary constituency.
Among the southern states, the BJP has announced candidates for 12 out of the 20 seats from Kerala and nine of the 17 seats from Telangana.
From Kerala, the major announcements have been of the actor-politician Suresh Gopi from Trissur, MoS V Muraleedharan from Attingal, and Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar from Thiruvananthapuram.
The other nine candidates from Kerala are:
Anil Antony is the son of former UPA regime minister AK Antony, a staunch Congressman. Anil shifted to the BJP in 2023 after a fallout with Congress.
In Telangana, the BJP is repeating Union Minister Kishan Reddy as the candidate from the Secunderabad seat. The other eight candidates are:
Incidentally, BB Patil, a BRS MP, joined the BJP only on Friday, 1 March. The party has chosen to field Eatala Rajender despite his loss in two seats in the recently held assembly polls in Telangana. Eatala is BJP’s candidate in Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s home turf of Malkajgiri.
BJP has also chosen to repeat its MPs in Karimnagar and Nizamabad.
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