BJP fielded UP Public Works Minister Jitin Prasada from Pilibhit replacing Varun Gandhi, who has been vocal against his party-led government.
BJP leader Maneka Gandhi (X)
BJP leader Maneka Gandhi on 11 May, indicated that her son Varun Gandhi’s writings that were sometimes critical of the government may have cost him the party’s LS ticket from Pilibhit but asserted that he would do very well even without it. BJP fielded UP Public Works Minister Jitin Prasada from Pilibhit replacing Varun, who was vocal against the government.