The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh on Monday released the second list of 39 candidates for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh elections. The list included Union Ministers- Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Singh Patel.
Earlier also the saffron party declared names of 39 candidates for the upcoming elections in the state on August 17. The BJP's decision to name its candidates in these relatively weak seats so much in advance underscores its intent to get the better of the Congress MP, more so following the opposition party's big win in Karnataka a few months back.
The lists name five women each in the two states and contain a large number of SC, ST reserved constituencies where the BJP had suffered serious reverses in the 2018 polls.
The BJP has named its national SC Morcha chief Lal Singh Arya its candidate from Gohad in Madhya Pradesh. The candidates were decided at the BJP's Central Election Committee meeting on which was chaired by party chief J P Nadda and attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah among other senior leaders.
It has named Durgalal Vijay from Sheopur, Raghuraj Kansana from Morena, Narendra Singh Tomar from Dimani, Ambrish Sharma ‘Guddu’ from Lahar, Mohan Singh Rathore from Bhitarwar, Imarti Devi from Dabra, Prahlad Agrawal from Sewda, Ramesh Khatik from Karera, Hirendra Singh banti from Raghogarh, Brijbihari Pateriya from Deori, Arvind Pateriya from Rajnagar, Ganesh Singh from Satna, Srikant Chaturvedi from Maihar, Riti pathak from Sidhi, Vishwaqmitra Pathak from Sihawal, Dilip Jaiswal from Kotma, Rakesh Singh from Jabalpur Pashchim, Pankaj Tekam from Dindori, Faggan Singh Kulaste from Niwas, Gaurav Pardhi from Katangi, Prahlad Singh Patel from Narsinghpur, Uday Pratap Singh from Gadarwara, Nathan Shah Junnardeo, Vivek Banty Sahu from Chhindwara, Jyoti Daheriya from Parasiya, Gangabai Uikey from Ghoradongri, Narendra Shivaji Patel from Udaipura, Hajarilal Dangi from Khilchipur, Madhu gehlot from Agar, Arun bhimawat from Shajapur, Nanda Brahmane from Bhikhangaon, Anter Singh Patel from Rajpur, Shyam barde from Pansemal, Kal Singh Bhabar from Thandla, Sardar Singh Mehda from Gandhwani, Manoj Patel from Depalpur, Kailash Vijayvargiya from Indore 1, Tejbahadur Singh from Nagada-Khachrod and Sangeeta Charel from Sailana.