BJP 5th candidate list 2024 Highlights: Kangana Ranaut, Maneka Gandhi, Arun Govil among 111 names fielded for LS Polls

“I extend greetings to everyone on Holi. This is my 'janmabhoomi' and it has called me back, I am fortunate...If they choose me, I will serve them. I am overwhelmed, this is an emotional day for my family and me,” Kangana said.

Himachal Pradesh Leader of Opposition (LoP) Jairam Thakur, has shown confidence in actor Kangana Ranaut, stating that she will register a massive victory in the Lok Sabha polls for the Mandi for Lok Sabha seat.

Ranaut was declared the BJP's candidate for the Mandi Lok Sabha seat on Sunday as party released its fifth list of candidates for 16 states.

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya reiterated the "400 seats pitch" while celebrating Holi in Lucknow and said that once again, the PM Narendra Modi-led government will be formed in the country.

Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut often makes headlines for being active in the political arena. She took a U-turn from her previous statement refuting plans to enter politics professionally and remain focused on her film career.

“I don't have any plans to enter politics. I am busy with the shooting of my upcoming films. I do have an interest in politics but as an artist only. I am a successful artist," the actor had told media persons two years ago.

Former Karnataka Minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy on Monday rejoined the BJP ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The Gangavati MLA, who is an accused in an illegal mining case, had formed the 'Kalyana Rajya Pragati Paksha' (KRPP) ahead of the state assembly polls last year, snapping his two-decade-old association with the BJP.

A day after being announced as the party's Lok Sabha pick from Puri, BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra offered prayers at the iconic Jagannath Temple on Monday.

Sharing his thoughts on his candidature from the city, which is considered the abode of Lord Jagannath and is popular with tourists from across the country and beyond, Patra expressed gratitude to the top leadership of the party.

According to the list, union ministers Ashwini Kumar Choubey and V K Singh, along with MP Varun Gandhi, were omitted from the list. Instead, the party nominated actors Kangana Ranaut and Arun Govil.

Announcing candidates for the remaining four seats in Kerala, the BJP has fielded its state chief K Surendran in the high-profile Wayanad constituency against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Scholar and former vice-chancellor of Sree Sankara Sanskrit University, K S Radhakrishnan, and actor-turned-politician G Krishnakumar will contest from the Ernakulam and Kollam constituencies respectively, the party announced on Sunday.

K Surendran has been serving as the president of the Kerala BJP unit since 2020. He is the face of the saffron party's fierce agitations against the entry of young women into Sabarimala years ago.

Sikkim BJP President DR Thapa, the sitting legislator from the Upper Burtuk constituency, defected from the Sikkim Democratic Front party and has secured the ticket from his home constituency. Similarly, MLA Narendra Kumar Subba, who also joined the BJP in 2019 following Thapa, has retained his Maneybong Dentam constituency.

The ruling BJP announced the names of six candidates for Lok Sabha polls from Gujarat, including new faces for Vadodara and Sabarkantha where the party nominees earlier withdrew from the fray. With this, the party has announced the names of candidates for all 26 constituencies where elections are scheduled to be held in a single phase on May 7.

The BJP on Sunday named its candidates for four Lok Sabha seats in Haryana in its fifth list of nominees, fielding Naveen Jindal and Ranjit Singh Chautala who joined the party earlier in the day.

With this list, the party has now announced its candidates for all 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

The party has fielded Naveen Jindal from Kurukshetra, Ranjit Chautala from Hisar, Mohan Lal Badoli from Sonipat and Arvind Kumar Sharma from Rohtak parliamentary constituency.

The ruling BJP on Sunday announced the names of six candidates for Lok Sabha polls from Gujarat, including faces for Vadodara and Sabarkantha where the party nominees earlier withdrew from the fray.

With this, the party has announced the names of candidates for all 26 constituencies where elections are scheduled to be held on May 7.

Actor Kangana Ranaut was named as the BJP candidate from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi on Sunday, while senior party leader Dr Rajeev Bharadwaj would contest from Kangra constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Ranaut and Bharadwaj’s names figured in the fifth list of BJP candidates released on Sunday.

The BJP on Sunday nominated its Mizoram unit president Vanlalhmuaka for the state's lone Lok Sabha seat.

Vanlalhmuaka, 63, joined the saffron party in 2014.

He contested the Mizoram assembly polls in 2008 as an independent candidate from Serlui constituency and lost to Congress nominee K. Lalrinthanga.

The BJP on Sunday named its candidates for four Lok Sabha seats in Haryana in its fifth list of nominees, fielding Naveen Jindal and Ranjit Singh Chautala who joined the party earlier in the day.

With this list, the party has now announced its candidates for all 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state, six of whom are new faces.

In the list announced on Sunday, the party fielded Naveen Jindal from Kurukshetra, Ranjit Chautala from Hisar, Mohan Lal Badoli from Sonipat and Arvind Kumar Sharma from the Rohtak parliamentary constituency.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday announced the names of 111 candidates in its fifth list for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, including a woman who was a survivor of violence in the Sandeshkhali area of West Bengal.

BJP on Sunday released the list of 19 candidates for Bengal. BJP has fielded Rekha Patra from Basirhat, who is a resident of Sandeshkhali. It was she who first raised the voice of the women of Sandeshkhali and all three accused expelled TMC MLA Sheikh Shahjahan, Shibu Hazra and Uttam Sardar are behind bars.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday, announced Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan as the candidate from the Sambalpur constituency in Odisha.

This announcement was part of the party's fifth list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

On his candidature, Pradhan expressed his gratitude to the party, saying, "I express my gratitude from the bottom of my heart to the party for this candidature. I have full confidence that the people of Sambalpur and Odisha will give the right answer to the trust that the party has shown."

"When you need a giant-size washing machine, this had to happen. And after making ZERO contributions to the party in the last ten years, saying I am resigning from it is a big joke," Jairam Ramesh tweeted.

The BJP has two sitting MPs — Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria of Tonk-Sawai Madhopur and Bhagirath Chaudhary from Ajmer. Rao Rajendra Singh has been given ticket from Jaipur Rural and Shubhkaran Chaudhary from Jhunjhunu. Both are former MLAs.

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BJP Lok Sabha poll 5th candidate list LIVE: Actor Arun Govil, who played the role of Lord Ram in Ramayan will contest Lok Sabha elections from Meerut Lok Sabha constituency.

BJP Lok Sabha poll 5th candidate list LIVE: BJP on Sunday released its fifth list of Lok Sabha candidates. The party list included names like Kangana Ranaut, and Ramayana fame actor Arun Govil.