The Bharatiya Janata Party released its second list for 2024 Lok Sabha elections

BY A STAFF REPORTER: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released its second list of 72 candidates for 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The second list mainly focused on 10 states including Karnataka, Gujarat and Maharashtra.

Union Minister Anurag Thakur to contest from Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur, former Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai to contest from Haveri, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya to contest from Bangalore South, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari to contest from Nagpur, Union Minister Piyush Goyal to contest from Mumbai North.

Last week, the BJP had released its first list of 195 candidates for the general elections after days of back-to-back late night meetings.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be contesting from Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi seat while home minister Amit Shah will fight from Gujarat's Gandhinagar. Hoping to get a head start advantage, the ruling party's list comes even before the Election Commission has notified the dates for the Lok Sabha polls.