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BJP releases 4th list of candidates; Arun Jaitly replaces Navjot Sidhu from Amritsar

March 16, 2014 | By Sikh Siyasat Bureau

New Delhi, India (March 16, 2014): Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has reportedly released 4th list of Lok Sabha candidates. This list includes 55 names. BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Varanasi, while party president Rajnath Singh will now fight from Lucknow.

According to the list Arun Jaitley, the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, will contest the elections from Amritsar, actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha from Patna Sahib, and Uma Bharati from Jhansi.

Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi, who is sitting MP from Varanasi, moves to Kanpur, while Rajnath Singh shifts from Ghaziabad to Lucknow, earlier held by former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and currently represented by the party’s Lalji Tandon.

Murli Manohar Joshi had reportedly been resisting the move, but was apparently prevailed over by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is the MP from Amritsar, told media persons earlier Saturday that he will not fight the Lok Sabha polls from anywhere except Amritsar.

Talking to reporters after meeting Rajnath Singh, the cricketer-turned-politician said he had no problem with Jaitley fighting from Amritsar but he had declined alternative constituencies in Delhi and Haryana and would refrain from the electoral battle.

BJP has fielded actor-turned-politician Kirron Kher from Chandigarh Lok Sabha constituency.

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Related Topics: Amritsar, BJP, Lok Sabha Elections 2014, Navjot Sidhu, Punjab Politics

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