Bihar Polls: BJP releases star campaigners' list; drops Rajeev Rudi, Shanawaz Hussain

Two of the most well-known BJP faces in Bihar, Shahnawaz Hussain and Rajiv Pratap Rudi, were missing from the 30-member list of star campaigners that the party has released for the assembly elections in the state. Meanwhile, refuting the allegation, Bihar unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday asked people to avoid 'misleading news'.

Patna:The BJP's list of star campaigners for Bihar polls on Sunday released the list of star campaigners for the Bihar Assembly Election 2020. The party decided to drop the names of former Union minister and BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy and senior BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain from it.

Meanwhile, refuting the allegation, Bihar unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday asked people to avoid 'misleading news', adding that that the list of star campaigners would get updated according to the election phase and schedule.

"There are reports that names of Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Syed Shahnawaz Hussain are not in the list of star campaigners. Be clear that this is just one list. The list of star campaigners is updated according to the election phase and schedule. In such a situation, we should avoid such misleading news without knowing it," Bihar BJP said in a tweet.

The response came a day after the party released the list of 30-star campaigners for the poll-bound state in which the name of national spokespersons--Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Syed Shahnawaz Hussain--names were missing.

The non-inclusion of Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Shahnawaz Hussain from the list of star campaigners for Bihar Election 2020 comes as a surprise as both these leaders belong to the state and have in the past campaigned for the party.

Both these leaders were ministers in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government and were first-time MPs of the Lok Sabha in 1999.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP president JP Nadda are among the star campaigners for the BJP for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections.