The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday evening released its first list of 54 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections. 16 names have been cleared from Maharashtra, while 17 names have been cleared from West Bengal.
The BJP also announced 3 candidates from Himanchal Pradesh, 6 from Odisha, 5 from Jammu and Kashmir and two from Arunachal Pradesh.
First list of candidates released by the BJP:
Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal West Shri Kiren Rijijuji, Ex-MP
Arunachal East Shri Tapir Gao, Ex-MP
Manipur
Inner Manipur Dr. R.K. Ranjan Singh
Outer Manipur (ST) Prof. Gangmumei Kamei
Goa
North Goa Shri Shripad Yesso Naik, Sitting MP
South Goa Shri Narendra Keshav Sawaikar, State General Secretary
West Bengal
Cooch Behar (SC) Shri Hemchandra Burman, District President
Jalpaiguri (SC) Shri Satyalal Sarkar, Ex-DIG, SSB
Balurghat Shri Biswapriya Roychowdhary, State General Secretary
Maldaha Uttar Shri Subashkrishna Goswami, Elected Block Member
Jangipur Shri Samrat Ghosh, District General Secretary
Murshidabad Shri Sujit Kumar Ghosh, Retd. IPS
Krishnanagar Shri Satyabrata Mukherjee, Ex-MP & Central Minister
Ranaghat (SC) Dr. Supravat Biswas, National Executive Member
Dum Dum Shri Tapan Sikdar, Ex-MP & Central Minister
Barasat Shri P.C. Sorcar (Jr.), World Famous Magician
Mathurapur (SC) Shri Tapan Naskar, District General Secretary
Diamond Harbour Shri Avijit Das, State BJYM Member
Kolkata Dakshin Shri Tathagata Roy, Ex State President
Kolkata Uttar Shri Rahul Sinha, State President
Howrah Shri George Baker, Film Actor (Christian Minority)
Uluberia Shri R.K. Mahanti, Retd. IPS
Bankura Dr. Subash Sarkar, State Vice President
Odisha
Sundargarh (ST) Shri Jual Oram, Former Minister
Sambalpur Shri Suresh Pujari, State Gen. Secy., and Ex-State President
Dhenkanal Shri Rudra Narayan Pani, Ex-MP (Rajya Sabha)
Bolangir Smt. Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Ex-MP
Nabarangpur (ST) Shri Parsuram Majhi, State Vice President and Ex-MP
Jagatsinghpur (SC) Shri Baidhar Mallik, Ex-MLA
Maharashtra
Dhule Dr. Subhash Bhamre, Famous Cancer Surgeon
Jalgaon Shri Ashok Tapiram Patil, (A.T. Nana Patil), Sitting MP
Raver Shri Haribhau Javle, Sitting MP
Akola Shri Sanjya Dhotre, Sitting MP
Nagpur Shri Nitin Gadkari, Ex-National President
Bhandara - Gondiya Shri Nana Patole, Sitting MLA
Gadchiroli-Chimur (ST) Shri Ashok Nete, State President, ST Morcha
Chandrapur Shri Hansraj Ahir, Sitting MP
Nanded Shri D.B. Patil, Ex-MP
Jalna Shri Ravsaheb Danve Patil, Sitting MP
Dindori (ST) Shri Harishchandra Chowhan, Sitting MP
Palghar (ST) Ad. Chintaman Vanga, Sitting MLA & Ex-MP
Mumbai North Shri Gopal Shetti, Sitting MLA
Mumbai North East Dr. Kirit Somaiya, Ex-MP
Ahmadnagar Shri Dilip Gandhi, Sitting MP
Beed Shri Gopinath Munde, Dy. Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha
Sangli Shri Sanjaykaka Patil, Ex-MLA
Himachal Pradesh
Kangra Shri Shanta Kumar, Ex-CM and Ex-Minister
Hamirpur Shri Anurag Thakur, Sitting MP and National President BJYM
Shimla (SC) Shri Virendra Kashyap, Sitting MP
Jammu and Kashmir
Baramulla Shri Gulam Mohammad Meer,
Anantnag Mushtaq Ahmad Malik, Nurabadi
Ladakh Shri Thunpsthan Chhewang, National Executive Member
Udhampur Dr. Jitendra Singh, National Executive Member & State Spokesperson
Jammu Shri Jugal Kishore Sharma, State President
