BJP Releases Fourth List of Candidates for MP Assembly Polls
The fourth list by the BJP for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections names seven candidates.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday, 8 November, released its third and fourth list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh.
The fourth list named seven candidates. Notably, Madhya Pradesh Minister and BJP leader Kusum Mehdele has not been given a ticket to contest from Panna, from where she is a sitting MLA. Instead, BJP’s Brijendra Singh will be contesting from Panna in the upcoming elections.
The third list contained the names of 32 candidates.
On Monday, 5 November, BJP had released its second list of 17 candidates for the MP elections.
On 2 November, the party had released a list of 177 candidates that included the name of current Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
The CM will contest from his home constituency, Budhni. State ministers Narottam Mishra and Yashodhara Raje Scindia have been given tickets from Datia and Shivpuri constituencies respectively.
BJP Candidates for Telangana and Mizoram
The BJP had on 2 November also released its lists of candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Telangana and Mizoram.
Lists of 24 and 28 candidates were released for Mizoram and Telangana respectively. The party had declared 13 candidates in Mizoram before the announcement on 2 November.
In Telangana, the last date for filing nominations is 19 November. Voting will take place in the state on 22 November.
In Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram, the last date for filing nominations is 9 November. Both the states go to polls on 28 November.
(With inputs from ANI and PTI)
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