BJP has so far announced its candidates for 411 seats. (File)
New Delhi:
The BJP on Saturday named its candidates for 11 more Lok Sabha constituencies, with a number of leaders from different parties joining it recently, such as Bhartruhari Mahtab, Ravneet Singh Bittu, Sushil Kumar Rinku and Preneet Kaur.
All these leaders have been appointed from the seats they represent in the outgoing Lok Sabha, while former Indian Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu will make his electoral debut from Amritsar.
Hans Raj Hans, who had won from North West Delhi on a BJP ticket in 2019, will contest from the Faridkot seat, which is reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs).
Veteran MP Mahtab, who recently quit the BJD, will contest from Cuttack, Bittu from Ludhiana, Kaur from Patiala and Rinku from Jalandhar, a seat reserved for SCs.
Both Bittu, grandson of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, and Kaur, wife of former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh, were in the Congress before joining the BJP, while Rinku was a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.
The BJP on Sunday named two candidates from West Bengal, three from Odisha and six from Punjab.
It has so far announced its candidates for 411 seats.
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