BJP leader Bijuli Kalita Medhi thanked the top party leadership shortly after the party confirmed her candidacy for the Lok Sabha election from the Guwahati constituency in Assam.
“I thank the party leadership including respected Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party chief JP Nadda, Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for giving me this opportunity, …” Medhi said.
She was chosen out of 42 lakh party workers in the state, the BJP leader said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party unveiled its initial roster of 195 contenders for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections on Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will run for parliament from Varanasi again.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, and Rajeev Chandrashekhar are among the prominent figures on the list.
Of 195 candidates, 34 are central and state ministers while two are former Chief Ministers who have appeared on the list.
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has been fielded from Dibrugarh in Assam, while Union Minister Kiren Rijiju will contest the election from Arunachal West.
In the race for a third term in the Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest from Varanasi, where the BJP is dominant since 2014.
The BJP’s Central Election Committee (CEC) held a lengthy discussion in the wee hours of Friday before announcing the candidate list.
The announcement came just a couple of weeks before the Lok Sabha poll schedule for the general elections.
Earlier in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, PM Modi defeated Congressman Ajay Rai in Varanasi with 6,74,664 votes.
This year’s Lok Sabha polls are scheduled to be held in April-May.