Protection Minister Rajnath Singh has been repeated within the upcoming Lok Sabha Polls. (File Photograph)
Residence Minister Amit Amit Shah , Girls and Youngster Growth minister Smriti Irani, Earth and science minister Kiren Rijiju, and Legislation minister Arjun Ram Meghwal are amongst others who’re retained
The Bhartiya Janta Celebration (BJP) on Saturday introduced its first record of 195 candidates for the following 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Out of this record, 34 sitting union ministers are within the fray and from them 8 are from Rajya Sabha.
Union Transport Minister, Sarbananda Sonowal, who’s a sitting MP from the higher home will contest from Assam’s Dibrugarh. The previous Assam Chief Minister will contest the seat instead of the sitting Union Minister, Rameshwar Teli.
Union Civil Aviation Minister, Jyotiraditya Scindia, who’s a sitting Rajya Sabha member will contest from his dwelling base in Guna, Madhya Pradesh. Jyotiraditya Scindia had misplaced that seat in 2014 to the BJP. In 2020, he jumped to the saffron occasion.
The Gujarat twins, Mansukh Mandaviya and Purushotham Rupala can be within the electoral fray from their dwelling state. Rupala has been a Rajya Sabha MP for greater than two phrases and he can be contesting from Rajkot. Mandaviya, who can also be a two-term member, can be fielded from Porbandar.
One other Union Minister who will attempt his fortune within the Lok Sabha election is Bhupender Yadav who will contest from Rajasthan’s Alwar. This seat was vacated after the sitting Member of Parliament, Baba Balaknath, contested and gained within the current meeting elections.
Two Union Ministers who will attempt their fortune from the southern state of Kerala are in for an fascinating contest. Minister of State for Info and Expertise Rajeev Chandrasekhar can be fitted in opposition to former minister of exterior affairs. Whereas V. Muraleedharan will contest from Thiruvananthapuram’s Attingal.
Protection Minister Rajnath Singh has been repeated within the upcoming Lok Sabha Polls. On the similar time, Residence Minister Amit Shah, Girls and Youngster Growth Minister Smriti Irani, Earth and Science Minister Kiren Rijiju, and Legislation Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal are amongst others, who’re retained.
Minister of State Exterior Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi has been changed by Bansuri Swaraj. By the way, Bansuri Swaraj’s mom, Sushma Swaraj, was the exterior minister in Narendra Modi’s tenure from 2014 to 2019.
One other minister within the authorities, Pratima Bhoumik is unlikely to get a seat since former chief minister of Tripura and Rajya Sabha MP Biplab Deb has been named to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Bhumik was a type of 9 ministers within the Modi authorities from 2021 until date.
With extra lists anticipated within the coming few weeks, there are fairly a number of union ministers whose fortunes are nonetheless to be examined. Among the many key names that are awaited to be introduced consists of that of Ability Growth Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who is for certain to contest from Odisha.
Speculations are additionally rife that regardless of being given a Rajya Sabha time period, Dr L Murugan perhaps requested to contest from Nilgiri in opposition to A Raja from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam occasion.
With the goal set of successful 370 seats within the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the duty for the BJP has really begun. Just like the case of the current meeting elections, early announcement of seats might help the BJP reap advantages.
This is similar technique that the saffron occasion appears to have adopted for one in every of its greatest agendas of securing a document third time period of presidency within the centre and Modi, changing into the prime minister for the third time in a row.
