New Delhi: The ruling BJP's first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections were announced today. A list of 182 names were announced today.
According to sources, the BJP has finalised 27 of the 42 seats in the state. The deadline to file the nominations is March 25, which means if the party announces the candidates' list after Holi festival, the candidates will have just a day to file their papers.
A week after the Trinamool Congress announced its candidates for all 42 seats in West Bengal, the candidates have hit the ground to campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
The decision on tickets for Babul Supriyo from Asansol, former TMC members Soumitra Khan and Anupam Hazara as well as the candidature of SS Ahluwalia from Darjeeling will be taken by the BJP leadership soon.
Here are the Live Updates from Lok Sabha Election campaigning:
Mar 21, 2019 19:38 (IST)
Actress Hema Malini will contest from Mathura and Nitin Gadkari will contest from Nagpur. Rajnath Singh, Home Minister will contest from Lucknow.
Mar 21, 2019 19:36 (IST)
Union Minister Smriti Irani will contest from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.
Mar 21, 2019 19:35 (IST)
BREAKING: PM Modi to contest from Varanasi, Amit Shah from Gandhinagar, announced in the BJP's first list of candidates.
Mar 21, 2019 18:19 (IST)
BREAKING: BJP's first list of candidates for elections likely to be announced at 7pm today.
Mar 21, 2019 12:37 (IST)
Senior BJP leader and Lok Sabha MP from Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, Kalraj Mishra tells news agency ANI: "I will not contest elections this time, I have been given a lot of other responsibilities by the party so my time will be devoted to that."
Mar 21, 2019 11:42 (IST)
Saumitra Khan, Anupam Hazra and Arjun Singh, who quit the Trinamool to join the BJP earlier this month will all be party candidates in West Bengal, say sources.