The BJP on Friday released its first list of 177 candidates for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been fielded from Budhni assembly constituency and 25 ministers of the present BJP cabinet from their constituencies.
The party denied tickets of 32 MLAs in the first list with the biggest change in Gwalior East assembly constituency where cabinet minister Maya Singh was replaced by Satish Sikarwar, elder brother of MLA Satyapal Singh Sikarwar from Sumawali.
Besides, tickets were denied to Minister of state Harsh Singh and Forest Minister Gaurishankar Shejwar. However, Harsh’s son Vikram Singh has been fielded from Rampur-Baghelan and Shejwar’s son Mudit Shejwar has been pitted from Sanchi constituency.
The party is yet to decide fate of four ministers Kusum Mehadele, Surya Prakash Meena and Sharad Jain.
The list declared on Friday included- Durgalal Vijay from Sheopur, Sitaram Aadiwasi from Vijaypur, Sarla Rawat from Sabalgarh, Subedar Singh from Joura, Ajab Singh Kushwaha from Sumawali, Rushtam Singh from Morena, Arvind Singh Bhadoriya from Ater, Rashal Singh from Lahar, Lalsingh Arya from Gohad (SC), Bharat Singh Kushwah from Gwalior Rural, Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya from Gwalior, Satish Sikarwar from Gwalior East, Narayan Singh Kushwah from Gwalior South, Radhelal Baghel from Sewda, Narottam Mishra from Datia, Rajkumar Khatik from Karera (SC), Prahlad Bharti from Pohari, Yashodhara Raje Scindia from Shivpuri, Pritam Lodhi from Pichhore, Brijmohan Azad from Bamori, Gopilal Jatav from Guna (SC), Mamta Meena from Chachoura, Bhupendra Raghuvanshi from Raghogarh, Ladduram Kori from Ashok Nagar (SC), Bhupendra Dwivedi from Chanderi, KP Yadav from Mungaoli, Mahesh Rai from Bina (SC), Bhupendra Singh from Khurai, Sudhir Yadav from Surkhi, Teji Singh Rajput from Deori, Gopal Bhargav from Rehli, Pradeep Lariya from Naryoli (SC), Shialendra Jain from Sagar, Harvansh Rathore from Banda, Rakesh Giri from Tikamgarh, Harishankar Khatik from Jatara (SC), Abhay Yadav from Prithvipur, Rahul Lodhi from Khargapur, Manvendra Singh from Maharajpur, Rajesh Prajapati from Chandla (SC), Archana Singh from Chhatarpur, Lalita Yadav from Malhara, Jayant Malaiya from Damoh, PL Tantuway from Hatta (SC), Brijendra Pratap Singh from Pawai, Rajesh Verma from Gunnaor (SC), Surendra Gaharwar from Chitrakoot, Jugal Kishore Bagri from Raigaon (SC), Shankar Lal Tiwari from Satna, Nagendra Singh from Nagod, Narayan Tripathi from Maihar, Vikram Singh from Rampur-Baghelan, Divyaraj Singh from Sirmour, KP Tripathi from Semariya, Shyamlal Dwivedi from Teonthar, Pradeep Patel from Mauganj, Girish Goutam from Deotalab, Panchulal Prajapati from Mangawan (SC), Rajendra Shukla from Rewa, Nagendra Singh from Gurh, Shardendu Tiwari from Churhat, Kedar Nath Shukla from Sidhi, Amar Singh from Chitrangi (ST), Ramlallu Vaishya from Singrauli , Subhash Verma from Devsar (SC), Kunwar Singh Tekam from Dhauhani (ST), Sharad Koul from Beohari (ST), Jaisingh Maravi from Jaisinghnagar (ST), Manisha Singh from Jaitpur (ST), Dilip Jaiswal from Kotma, Narendra Maravi from Pushprajgarh (ST), Shivnarayan Singh from Bandhavgarh (ST), Meena Singh from Manpur (ST), Sanjay Pathak from Vijayraghavgarh, Sandeep Jaiswal from Murwara, Pranay Pandey from Bahoriband, Pratibha Singh from Bargi, Aanchal Sonkar from Jabalpur Purba (SC), Ashok Rohani from Jabalpur Cantt, Sushil Tiwari (Indu) from Panagar, Nandini Maravi from Sihora (ST), Omprakash Dhurve from Shahpura (ST), Jaisingh Maravi from Dindori (ST), Devi Singh Sayyam from Mandla (ST), Anupama Netam from Baihar (ST), Ramesh Bhatere from Lanji, Ramkishore Kanware from Paraswada, Gourishakar Bisen from Balaghat, Yogendra Nirmal from Waraseoni, KD Deshmukh from Katangi, Kamal Marskole from Barghat (ST), Dinesh Rai (Mun Mun) from Seoni, Rakesh Pal Singh from Keolari, Kailash Jatav from Gotegaon (SC), Jalim Singh Patel from Narsingpur, Ashish Thakur from Junnardeo (ST), Prem Narayan Thakur from Amarwara (ST), Ramesh Dubey from Churai, Nanabhau Mahod from Saunsar,
Singh from Chhindwara, Tarachan Bawariya from Parasia (SC), Tikaram Korachi from Pandhurna (ST), Yogesh Pandagare from Amla (SC), Hament Khandelwal from Betul, Geetabai Uikey from Ghoradongri (ST), Mahendra Singh Chouhan from Bhainsdehi (ST), Sanjay Shah from Timarni (ST), Kamal Patel from Harda, Sitasharan Sharma from Hoshangabad, Vijaypal Singh from Sohagpur, Thakurdas Nagvanshi from Pipariya (SC), Ramkishan Patel from Udaipura, Surendra Patwa from Bhojpur, Mudit Shejwar from Sanchi (SC), Rampal Singh from Silwani, Mukesh Tandon from Vidisha, Umakant Sharma from Sironj, Vishnu Khatri from Berasia (SC), Vishwas Sarang from Narela, Umashankar Gupta from Bhopal Dakshin-Paschim, Surendra Nath Singh from Bhopal Madhya, Rameshwar Sharma from Huzur, Shivraj Singh Chouhan from Budhni, Raghunath Malviya from Ashta (SC), Karan Singh Verma from Ichhawar, Sudesh Rai from Sehore, Rajyavardhan Singh from Narsinghgarh, Amar Singh Yadav from Rajgarh, Hajarilal Dangi from Khilchipur, Kunwar Kothar from Sarangpur (SC), Murali Patidar from Susner, Manohar Untwal from Agar (SC), Gayatri Raje Panwan from Dewas, Deepak Joshi from Hatpipliya, Ashish Sharma from Khategaon, Pahar Singh from Bagali (ST), Narendra Singh Tomar from Mandhata, Vijay Shah from Harsud (ST), Devendra Verma from Khandwa (SC), Ram Dangore from Pandhana (ST), Manju Rajendra Dadu from Nepanagar (ST), Archana Chitnis from Burhanpur, Dhul Singh Dabar from Bhikangaon (ST), Hitendra Singh Solanki from Badwah, Bhupendra Arya from Maheshwar (SC), Atmaram Patel from Kasrawad, Balkrishan Patidar from Khargone, Jamna Solanki from Bhagwanpura (ST), Antar Singh Arya from Sendhawa (ST), Devi Singh Patel from Rajpur (ST), Diwan Singh Patel from Pansemal (ST), Prem Singh Patel from Badwani (ST), Nagar Singh Chouhan from Alirajpur (ST), Madho Singh Dabar from Jobat (ST),
Kalsingh Bhabar from Thandla (ST), Sanjay Baghel from Sardarpur (ST), Sardar Meda from Gandhwani (ST), Virendra Baghel from Kukshi (ST), Ranjana Baghel from Manawar (ST), Gopal Kanoje from Dharampuri (ST), Nina Verma from Dhar, Bhanwar Singh Shekhawat from Badnawar, Dilip Singh Shekhawat from Nagada-Khachrod, Anil Firojiya from Tarana (SC), Ashok Malviya from Ghatiya (SC), Paras Jain from Ujjain Uttar, Dilip Makwana from Ratlam Rural (ST), Chetan Kashyap from Ratlam City, Narayan Meda from Sailana (ST), Rajendra Pandey from Jaora, Jitendra Gehlot, Alot (SC), Yeshpal Singh Sisodiya from Mandsour, Jagdish Dewada from Malhargarh (SC), Radhey Shyam Patidar from Suwasra, Madhav Maru from Manasa, Dilip Parihar from Neemuch and Om Prakash Saklecha from Jawad.