Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP first list out, PM to contest from Varanasi, Amit Shah from Gandhinagar
Hindustan TimesThe Bharatiya Janata Party has released its first list of 184 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections that will begin from April 11 and end on May 19. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest from Varanasi, while BJP president Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest from Varanasi, while BJP president Amit Shah will contest from Gandhinagar, which is veteran BJP leader LK Advani’s seat. VK Singh will contest from Ghaziabad, Hema Malini from Mathura, Sakshi Maharaj from Unnao, and Smriti Irani from Amethi The list of 184 names, covered 23 states including Bihar, West Bengal, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand among others. Among those who have been regulars at these meetings are PM Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah, home minister Rajnath Singh, finance minister Arun Jaitley, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj and other senior leaders of the party.