The BJP on Wednesday announced its second list of 72 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
The veteran leaders that the party has included in the list are Nitin Gadkari, ML Khattar, Piyush Goyal and others.
Gadkari, who is Minister for Road Transport and Highways, will contest from the Nagpur seat in Maharashtra. He has remained undefeated from the seat since 2014.
Former Haryana Chief Minister Khattar will be the party's candidate from Karnal, while Goyal will contest on BJP ticket from Mumbai north.
From Dadar & Nagar Haveli, the party has fielded Kalaben Delkar.
In Delhi, BJP has fielded Harsh Malhotra from East Delhi seat, while the party has given ticket to Yogendra Chandolia from North West Delhi.
In Gujarat, the party has fielded Bhikaji Dudhaji Thakur from Sabarkantha, Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel from Ahmedabad East, Nimuben Bambhania from Bhavnagar, Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt from Vadodara, Jashubhai Bhilubhai Rathwa from Chhota Udaipur, Mukeshbhai Chandrakant Dalal from Surat and Dhawal Patel from Valsad.
In Haryana, the party has given ticket to Banto Kataria from Ambala, Ashok Tanwar from Sirsa, Chaudhary Dharambir Singh from Bhiwani Mahendragarh, Rao Inderjit Singh Yadav from Gurgaon and Krishan Pal Gurjar from Faridabad.
In Himachal Pradesh, Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur will contest from Hamirpur and Suresh Kumar Kashyap will contest from Shimla.
In Karnataka, the party has fielded Annasaheb Shankar Jolle from Chikkodi, PC Gaddigoudar from Bagalkot, Ramesh Jigajinagi from Bijapur, Dr Umesh G Jadhav from Gulbarga, Bhagwanth Khuba from Bidar, Basavaraj Kyavator from Koppal, B. Sriramulu from Bellary, former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai from Haveri, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi from Dharwad, Gayathri Siddeshwara from from Davanagere, B Y Raghavendra from Shimoga, Kota Srinivas Poojary from Udupi Chikmagalur, Capt. Brijesh Chowta from Dakshina Kannada, V Sommana from Tumkur, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar from Mysore, S Balaraj from Chamarajanagar, Dr CN Manjunath from Bangalore Rural, Kumari Shobha Karandlaje from Bangalore North, PC Mohan from Bangalore Central and Tejasvi Surya from Bangalore South.
In Madhya Pradesh, the party has fielded Dr Bharti Pardhi from Balaghat, Vivek ‘Bunty’ Sahu from Chhindwara, Anil Firoziya from Ujjain, Savitri Thakur from Dhar and Shankar Lalwani from Indore.
In Maharashtra, the party has fielded Dr Heena Vijaykumar Gavit from Nandurbar, Dr Subhash Ramrao Bhamre from Dhule, Smita Wagh Jalgaon, Raksha Nikhil Khadase from Raver, Anup Dhotre from Akola, Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas from Wardha, Sudhir Mungantiwa from Chandrapur, Prataprao Patil Chikhalikar from Nanded, Raosaheb Dadarao Danve from Jalna, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar from Dindori, Kapil Moreshwar Patil from Bhiwandi, Piyush Goyal from Mumbai North, Mihir Kotecha from Mumbai North East, Murlidhar Kisan Mahal from Pune, Dr Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil from Ahmadnagar, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangare from Latur, Ranjeetsinha Hindurao Naik-Nimbalkar from Madha and Sanjaykaka Patil from Sangli.
In Telangana, party has fielded Godam Nagesh from Adilabad, Gomasa Srinivas from Peddapalle, Madavaneni Raghunandan Rao from Medak, DK Aruna from Mahbubnagar, Saida Reddy from Nalgonda and Prof. Azmeera Seetaram Naik from Mahabubabad.
In Tripura, the party has fielded Maharani Kriti Singh Debbarma from Tripura East.
