Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls: BJP announces first list of candidates for 39 seats

Narendra Singh Tomar, the union agriculture minister and the BJP’s election in-charge for the state of Madhya Pradesh, announced the party’s first list of candidates on Thursday.

As part of its first list, the ruling party has declared candidates for 39 Assembly seats.
Speaking to reporters at Umaria in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday, Tomar said, “We have declared our candidates on 39 seats for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections. The candidates for the remaining seats will be named soon.”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have been the highlights of the BJP’s campaign events, which have already begun. The Congress, which is the main opponent in the state, has also begun its election campaign. The Aam Aadmi Party earlier released its initial list of candidates for the Assembly elections after previously announcing its electoral foray in the state. Ten candidates for the Sewda, Govindpura, Huzur, Dimani, Morena, Petlawad, Sirmmor, Sironj, Churhat, and Maharajpur Assembly seats were announced by the party, which is led by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Prior to that, on Thursday, PM Modi called the opposition group INDIA the “INDI alliance” while speaking to a large crowd in the Madhya Pradesh district of Bina. While railing against the Congress for leaving the state high and dry during its rule, he charged the bloc with having a “hidden agenda” of eradicating the nation’s “Sanatan culture.”