In Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Bihar & Karnataka, discontent is brewing in BJP over ticket distribution. Party has announced candidates for 407 LS seats & dropped 103 sitting MPs so far.
'Critic' of Centre & UP govt, Varun has been left out, while his mother Maneka has been fielded from Sultanpur. BJP's relying on young faces in some seats, star power in some, it is learnt.
In its list of 20 candidates for the state, BJP also repeated most of the incumbents. Its seat-sharing negotiations with Shinde-led Shiv Sena & Ajit Pawar-led NCP are almost finalised.
Of the 195 candidates on 1st list, 28 are women, 47 are below age of 50 yrs, 27 are from Scheduled Castes, 18 belong to Scheduled Tribes and 57 are from OBC community.
Meanwhile, a total of 58 RS MPs – including 8 central ministers, former PM Manmohan Singh and BJP national president JP Nadda – will retire by 1st week of May this year.
Party leaders say such MPs are in danger list with BJP looking at new faces to replace them. Varun & Maneka Gandhi, Gautam Gambhir, Kirron Kher, Shripad Yesso Naik said to be on the list.
The BJP released its third list of candidates for the Rajasthan assembly elections Thursday, including fresh face Mahendra Singh Rathore against CM Ashok Gehlot.
Bandi Sanjay has been fielded from Karimnagar assembly seat, Soyam Bapu Rao from Boath (ST) constituency & Dharmapuri Arvind from Korutla. T Raja back to fight from Goshamahal.
BJP’s fate in the second phase of 2024 Lok Sabha election will be decided in Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, where it performed very well in 2019 but faces a stiff competition now.
The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.
Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.
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