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Patna, Oct 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday released a list of 40 star campaigners for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, signaling its intention to put in its best footing in the high-stakes political contest. Party sources gave this information.
The list includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and several top central and state BJP leaders, who will campaign across the state in support of the NDA candidates.
Bihar Assembly elections will be held in two phases – on November 6 and November 11.
For state elections, voting will be held on 121 seats in the first phase and 122 seats in the second phase.
The results will be declared on 14 November.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi leads the list of BJP’s star campaigners, followed by BJP National President JP Nadda, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta are also included in the list of star campaigners for Bihar elections.
Bihar Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, Bihar BJP President Dilip Jaiswal, Union Minister Giriraj Singh, and former Union Ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Ashwini Kumar Choubey. have made it to the BJP star campaigners’ list.
Other BJP names include Nityanand Rai, Radha Mohan Singh, Renu Devi, Prem Kumar, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Sanjay Jaiswal, Nand Kishore Yadav, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, and Vinod Tawde.
Popular Bhojpuri and Hindi film stars Pawan Singh, Manoj Tiwari, Ravi Kishan and Dinesh Lal Yadav ‘Nirahua’ have also been named among the BJP’s star campaigners, adding a touch of celebrity appeal to the party’s campaign strategy.
While the NDA has completed the seat-sharing arrangement and announced its candidates, the Grand Alliance (RJD-Congress-Left) is still struggling to resolve internal seat-sharing disputes.
With the list of BJP’s star campaigners now public, political activity has reached its peak across Bihar as all political parties gear up for the high-voltage election battle.
–IANS
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