The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday released its second list of 72 candidates from across 11 states for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
The list fields Tejaswi Surya, BJP’s youth wing chief, from Bangalore South, former Karnataka chief minister Basavraj Bommai from Haveri. Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting in India Anurag Thakur is set to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh.
BJP chief spokesperson and Rajya Sabha member Anil Baluni has been fielded from Garhwal in Uttarakhand. In Delhi, it has fielded two new candidates — Harsh Malhotra from East Delhi and Yogendra Chandolia from North West Delhi.
In the list of 72 names, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Wadiyar of erstwhile Mysore royal family has replaced Pratap Simha for the Mysore Lok Sabha seat.
Union minister for Road Transport and Highways of India Nitin Gadkari is set to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Nagpur Assembly seat. Further, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi is set to contest upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Dharwad seat in Karnataka.