BJP Releases 1st Candidate List for Chhattisgarh, T’gana, Mizoram

77 candidates for Chhattisgarh, 38 candidates for Telangana and 13 candidates for Mizoram have been announced.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released their first list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and Mizoram, late on Saturday, 20 October.

The party released its first list of 77 candidates for the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls, fielding Chief Minister Raman Singh from the Rajnandgaon seat. After a meeting of the BJP’s Chief Election Committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah, Health Minister JP Nadda announced that the party had decided the first list of candidates.

The names of candidates for 77 seats in Chhattisgarh, 38 seats out of 119 in Telangana, and 13 seats in Mizoram, were also announced by Nadda.