BJP fields Puri from Amritsar, renominates four Delhi MPs

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday announced seven more candidates for the Lok Sabha election nominating Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri from Amritsar and renominating its four sitting MPs from Delhi.

New Delhi: A day after Bollywood actor Sunny Deol met BJP President Amit Shah, giving an indication that he may be fielded from Amritsar, the party on Sunday announced Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri as its candidate from the seat.

Puri has replaced Union Minister Arun Jaitley, who unsuccessfully contested from Amritsar in 2014. Jaitley has decided not to contest the Lok Sabha elections this year citing health reasons.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also announced Sanjay Lalwani as its candidate from Indore parliamentary constituency, replacing Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan, who had said that she would not contest the polls this time. Lalwani is the Chairman of the Indore Development Authority.

This was BJP's 23rd list for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

BJP's 23rd list for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections

Besides Puri and Lalwani, the party also repeated it's four sitting MPs from Delhi, including Union Minister Harsh Vardhan from Chandni Chowk.

The party has also re-nominated Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari from Northeast Delhi, Pravesh Singh Verma from West Delhi and Ramesh Bidhuri from South Delhi.

The BJP, which won all the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi in 2014, is yet to release the names of three more candidates from the national capital.

According to sources, the BJP is set to field cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir from the New Delhi parliamentary seat replacing its sitting MP Meenakshi Lekhi.

The saffron party also announced the candidature of Harinarayan Rajbhar from Ghosi in Uttar Pradesh.

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