BJP First Candidate List For 2024 Polls: The BJP has launched its first checklist of candidates for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 having 195 names together with that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. The BJP’s candidate checklist contains 57 OBCs, 28 girls, 27 from Scheduled Castes, and 18 from Scheduled Tribes. With this, the BJP has indicated that it’s going to not solely go arduous in opposition to low performers however may even preserve its deal with balancing caste equations. The social gathering has fielded candidates retaining in thoughts the opposition alliance and their candidates, particularly in Uttar Pradesh.
BJP’s Move To Capture SC Votes
Among the Scheduled Caste candidates, names like Kripa Nath Mallah, Kamalesh Jangde, Vinodbhai Lakhmashi Chavda, Dineshbhai Kodarbhai Makwana, Ajay Tamta, Bhola Singh, Om Kumar, Satyapal Singh Baghel, Soumitra, and Priya Saha are included, representing numerous sections of the marginalized society. This comes at a time when the opposition events particularly Congress are attempting to make caste census a ballot subject to counter BJP’s Hindutva politics.
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Focus on Tribal Votes
In addition, the BJP has given tickets to candidates from Scheduled Tribes to safe their votes. Mahesh Kashyap, Amar Singh Tisso, Radheshyam Rathia, Chintamani Maharaj, Bholaraaj Naag, Jaswant Singh Bhambhor, Prabhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava, Manoj Tigga, Tala Marandi, Sunil Soren, Geeta Koda, Samir Uranv, Himadri Singh, Faggan Singh Kulaste, Anita Nagar Singh Chauhan, (*57*) Malviya, and Mannalal Rawat are amongst those that have acquired tickets.
OBCs In Spotlight
Since Rahul Gandhi retains elevating the OBC points every so often, the BJP’s checklist additionally has the very best illustration from the neighborhood. It additionally aligns with the saffron social gathering’s appreciable OBC voter base. Notably, Prime Minister Modi himself belongs to the OBC class. The BJP has given tickets to OBC candidates like Rajesh Varma, Ghanshyam Lodhi, (*27*) Lal Saini, Rajveer Singh, Rekha Varma, Sakshi Maharaj, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, and Rahul Lodhi. In this fashion, the BJP has made a concerted effort to deal with the pursuits of OBCs by allocating 57 tickets to them.
Women Candidates Get Greater Representation
In the BJP’s first checklist of candidates, there are 28 girls candidates. The social gathering has given tickets to Bansuri Swaraj, Shobha Surendran, Sandhya Ray, Lata Wankhede, Jyoti Mirdha, Kamaljeet Sahrawat, Annapurna Devi, Hema Malini, Rekha Varma, and Priya Saha, amongst others.
(*28*) Slams BJP
Reacting to the BJP’s first checklist, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav stated that the BJP has accepted defeat in Uttar Pradesh. The BJP’s first checklist has 51 candidates from Uttar Pradesh. Taking to X, Yadav stated, “The first list of BJP’s Lok Sabha candidates shows that ‘prima facie’ this list has come only on those 195 seats where there is even a slight possibility of BJP winning. Its meaning is clear but BJP is wiped out on the rest. In the first list itself, BJP has accepted its defeat because due to fear of rebellion, it is re-nominating those people who are not getting any work done in their respective parliamentary constituencies or because of their involvement in corruption. There were no expectations for tickets. Those who wanted to pack their bags and leave are being asked to fight again under pressure. What opposition will these inflexible people face?”
Yadav additional claimed that there’s deep disappointment amongst BJP staff because of the checklist as a result of they’re conscious of the wind blowing in opposition to most of their MPs among the many public. Congress chief Pawan Khera stated that the present BJP MPs have been ineffective and thus the social gathering was compelled to take away them.
