BJP on Monday released the second list of party candidates for the Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, which includes the names of Union Minister for Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar, who will be contesting from Dimani; Pralhad Patel, minister of state for food processing from Narsinghpur; and minister for state for rural development Faggan Singh Kulaste has been given the party ticket from Niwas, a seat reserved for STs.
Senior MPs from the State — Ganesh Singh, Rakesh Singh, Riti Pathak, and national general secy Kailash Vijayvargiya — have been given tickets to contest.
The second list includes 39 candidates of whom six are women. The party has already announced the first list with 39 names in August.
Elections are due in MP by the year-end along with Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram.