Lok Sabha polls: BJP to finalize remaining candidates in 3 states tonight

A total of 11 seats are up for grabs in Bihar.

New Delhi:

The Bharatiya Janata Party will hold a late-night meeting to finalize the remaining seats in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, sources said on Saturday.

According to sources, core leaders of the BJP from Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana will hold a meeting with BJP national president Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah tonight.

Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday announced the list of candidates for the Uttar Pradesh and Bihar MLA elections.

The BJP has so far announced candidates for 3 seats in Bihar, including Mangal Pandey, Dr. Lal Mohan Gupta and Anamika Singh for the 2024 MLC elections.

A total of 11 seats are up for grabs in Bihar.

In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP fielded Vijay Bahadur Pathak, Mahendra Kumar Singh, Mohit Beniwal, Ashok Kataria, Dharmendra · Singh, Ram Tirat Singh and Santosh Singh.

In Uttar Pradesh, candidates will contest 13 MLC seats, while the BJP has announced it will contest 7 seats.

The MLC elections in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are scheduled to be held on March 21 and the last date for filing nominations is March 11.

In a big shock to the Congress party ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, senior Congress leader and former Union minister Suresh Pachauri joined the BJP in Bhopal on Saturday .

Former Union Minister Suresh Pachauri on Saturday pointed out that some “political and religious” decisions prompted him to quit the party.

After formally joining the BJP, Pachauri told ANI: “I entered politics to serve the society and the country. The Congress has always been committed to creating a classless society. However, the idea was rejected today. Some decisions were taken by the Congress high command , especially on religious and political matters, brought me closer to the fringes and ultimately my resignation from the party.”

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