BJP releases second list for assembly elections - tickets to 7 MPs including 3 Union Ministers

MP Election: There are assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh at the end of this year. Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party has released the second list of its candidates. This time also the party has announced the names of 39 candidates. Many surprising names have emerged in this list of BJP. The party has also made Union Ministers and MPs its candidates in the Assembly elections, in which it has given tickets to three Union Ministers. Apart from this, 4 more MPs have been fielded. Altogether 7 MPs have been given tickets.

BJP has given tickets to 6 out of 39 women in the second list. At the same time, Imarti Devi, who is close to Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, has also got the ticket. She had lost the by-election from Dabra assembly seat. Kailash Vijayvargiya has been made the candidate from number 1 seat of Indore. Presently Sanjay Shukla is the MLA from Congress.

Kailash Vijayvargiya's son Akash Vihayvargiya is the MLA from Indore's number 3 assembly seat. MP Ganesh Mantri, MP Rakesh Singh and MP Reeti Pathak have also been given tickets. Vivek Bunty Sahu has been fielded against Kamal Nath from Chhindwara. Earlier, BJP had announced the names of 39 candidates in the first list. Till now BJP has announced the names of 76 candidates out of 230 assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh.

BJP gave tickets to these Union Ministers and MPs

Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar

Union Minister Prahlad Patel

Union Minister Faggan Singh Kulaste

MP Ganesh Singh

MP Rakesh Singh

MP Reeti Pathak

MP Uday Pratap Singh

Why was Rakesh Singh given ticket from Jabalpur West Assembly?

MP and Chief Whip in Lok Sabha Rakesh Singh was made the candidate from West Assembly of Jabalpur. This is a strong seat of Congress. BJP is losing the West seat for two consecutive elections. Former Finance Minister Tarun Bhanot is the MLA from this seat. Rakesh Singh is a four-time MP from Jabalpur. Before VD Sharma, he had also been the state president of BJP. Congress leader Vivek Tankha was defeated in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Prahlad Singh Patel from Narsinghpur seat

Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel has been made the candidate from Narsinghpur seat. Jalam Singh Patel is currently the MLA from this seat. Jalam Singh is the younger brother of Prahlad Patel.