New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unveiled its 10th listing of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on Wednesday, naming Neeraj Shekhar, a member of the Rajya Sabha, as their selection for Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia constituency. Neeraj Shekhar, who’s the progeny of the late Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, has beforehand served as a Lok Sabha MP for a similar constituency from 2007 to 2014 underneath the SP banner, a seat his father as soon as held. Following his defeat within the 2014 elections to a BJP contender, Shekhar was appointed to the Rajya Sabha. After not being nominated by the SP for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Shekhar resigned from the SP and joined the BJP, which subsequently nominated him to the Upper House.
In a strategic transfer, the BJP has positioned Paras Nath Rai to contest from Ghazipur, setting the stage for a face-off with Afzal Ansari of the Samajwadi Party and Congress coalition.
The listing launched additionally launched eight recent contenders, alongside a big change for West Bengal’s Asansol, the place Bhojpuri celeb Pawan Singh has been changed by the incumbent BJP MP SS Ahluwalia.
The BJP has additionally allotted tickets to Sanjay Tandon for Chandigarh and B.P. Saroj for Machhlishahr. Jaiveer Singh Thakur is about to problem from Mainpuri, a stronghold of the Samajwadi Party, which has re-nominated Dimple Yadav for the seat.
Vinod Sonkar is slated to contest from Kaushambi, whereas Praveen Patel has been designated for the Phulpur seat. Neeraj Tripathi will characterize the occasion from Prayagraj.
The seven-phase electoral battle for the 543 Lok Sabha seats is scheduled to start on April 19, with almost 97 crore voters eligible to take part. The vote depend is about for June 4. In a historic context, the BJP secured 303 seats within the 2019 Lok Sabha election, overshadowing the Indian National Congress (INC), which managed solely 52 seats. This adopted the BJP’s 282-seat victory within the 2014 elections, with the INC securing 44 seats.
