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The BJP Wednesday released its second list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, dropping at least 28 sitting MPs while including three former Chief Ministers, nine Union Ministers, two Rajya Sabha MPs and 15 women.
The BJP in its first list for the Lok Sabha elections has chosen to retain many of its candidates from crucial states such as Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, keeping it more conventional in the two Hindi heartland states, even as it made major replacements in Delhi and Chhattisgarh. Some sitting MPs were dropped in Rajasthan and Assam too.
CONTINUITY AS well as change, along with some social justice messaging. This is what the BJP’s first list of 195 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections signals, striking a balance between the old guard and new faces, while balancing social representation on caste and gender lines.
With the formal announcement of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) joining the NDA slated to happen soon, there are strong indications of an expansion of the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet and Council of Ministers to accommodate the new ally.
The BJP may announce its first list of Lok Sabha candidates over the weekend, party leaders have said. The names were decided at a marathon meeting of the party’s Central Election Committee (CEC), which went on till the early hours of Friday. “It will be speculation to guess the exact number to be announced but the list is expected to be a significant one,” said a BJP leader.
The BJP’s two-day National Council meeting held in Delhi over the weekend marked the incumbent party’s move to lay out its roadmap for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections at the gathering of 11,500 party leaders and workers from across the country.
The likely entry of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, ex-Union minister and long-time Congress leader Kamal Nath into the BJP begs the question — what does the BJP, which defeated the Congress comprehensively in the recent state Assembly polls, gain from his anticipated entry?
Setting clear targets for the BJP in the countdown to the elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday that party workers should see a target of 370 Lok Sabha seats as their tribute to Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee, and not just as a number.