The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unveiled their first record of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024 on Saturday. The ruling occasion revealed the legendary para-athlete Devendra Jhajharia as their candidate from Rajasthan’s Churu constituency.
Devendra Jhajharia, 42, was the primary Indian athlete to win two Gold medals within the Summer Paralympics video games. He additionally received the silver within the Tokyo Paralympic Games in 2020 and Gold within the IPC World Championships in 2013.
BJP releases the primary record of 195 candidates, together with 15 from Rajasthan after a celebration assembly at headquarters in New Delhi at the moment. BJP has been in energy in Churu since 1999 with Rahul Kaswan successful the Lok Sabha elections in 2014 and 2019.
Jhajharia was born in Churu and is a well-liked determine within the Indian sports activities neighborhood. He was the first-ever para-athlete to be conferred with the Padma Shri award in 2012. He was additionally honoured with Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, the best sporting honour of India, in 2017 and with Padma Bhushan in 2022.
BJP Candidate List 2024 (Rajasthan):
- Arjan Ram Meghwal from Bikaner
- Devendra Jhajharia from Churu
- Swami Sumedhanand Saraswati from Sikar
- Bhupendra Yadav from Alwar
- Ramswaroop Koli from Bharatpur
- Jyoti Mirdha from Nagaur
- PP Chaudhary from Pali
- Gajendra Singh Shekhawat from Jodhpur
- Kailash Chaudhary from Barmer
- Lumbaram Chaudhary from Jalore
- Mannalal Rawat from Udaipur
- Mahendra Malviya from Banswara
- CP Joshi from Chittorgarh
- Om Birla from Kota
- Dushyant Singh from Jhalawar
Meanwhile, Jhajharia is about to be elected unopposed within the elections for the President on the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI). He filed his nomination on February 28 and was the one candidate to contest for the highest place in PCI.
