Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, August 17: In preparation for the upcoming Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) issued its preliminary list on Thursday. Even though the Election Commission has yet to reveal the dates for the two states’ elections, the list has been made public.
The BJP has named 21 candidates for Chhattisgarh in its initial list, including five women. Additionally, the party has named 39 candidates, including five women, for Madhya Pradesh.
A day after the BJP’s Central Election Committee evaluated the party’s election preparations in the two states, the announcement was made. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several senior party leaders were present at the meeting.
PM Modi reportedly gave the BJP’s senior brass the order to release the initial list of candidates as soon as possible so that the party has ample time to prepare for the elections.
The BJP candidates in Chhattisgarh include Lok Sabha MP Vijay Baghel from Patan, Bhulan Singh Maravi from Premnagar, Laxmi Rajwade from Bhatgaon, Shakuntala Singh Porthe from Pratappur (ST), Sarla Kosaria from Saraipali (SC), Alka Chandrakar from Khallari, Gita Ghasi Sahu from Khujji and Maniram Kashyap from Bastar (ST), among others.
In Madhya Pradesh, the BJP has fielded Sarla Vijendra Rawat from Sabalgarh, Priyanka Meena from Chachaoura, Lalita Yadav from Chhatarpur, Anchal Sonkar from Jabalpur Purba (SC), Nirmala Bhuriya from Petlawad, Bhanu Bhuriya from Jhabua (ST), Alok Sharma from Bhopal Uttar and Dhruv Narayan Singh from Bhopal Madhya, among others.
The initial list is focused on the seats where the party believes it is lacking, according to reports.
In the upcoming months, elections will be held for the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly and the 230-member Madhya Pradesh Assembly.
