Lok Sabha elections 2024: Praveen Khandelwal from Chandani Chowk is one among the five candidates for Delhi, replacing two-term MP and former Union Minister Harsh Vardhan.
Update on Lok Sabha polls: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has declared that, in its initial list of 195 nominees for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, 33 sitting Members will be replaced by newcomers.
Five candidates are listed for Delhi, including Chandani Chowk resident Praveen Khandelwal, who is replacing two-term MP and former Union Minister Harsh Vardhan. Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi will be replaced as the saffron party’s candidate from the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat by Bansuri Swaraj, daughter of late BJP leader Sushma Swaraj.
Ramesh Bidhuri was replaced by Ramvir Singh Bidhuri from South Delhi by the BJP. The BJP nominated Kamaljeet Sehrawat to succeed two-term MP Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma from the West Delhi seat.
Seven sitting MPs in Madhya Pradesh have been replaced. Bharat Singh Kushwaha, a Gwalior native, was appointed by the saffron party to succeed MP Vivek Narayan Shejwalker.
Jyotiraditya Scindia, a Union Minister, was selected from Guna, replacing Krishnapal Singh Yadav. MP Ramakant Bhargava is presently holding the position of former Vidisha chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Alok Sharma will run in Bhopal rather than Sadhvi Pragya Singh.
Lata Wankhede, the BJP’s contender for the Sagar Lok Sabha constituency, has been chosen to succeed Rajbahadur Singh. From the Tikamgarh seat, Virendra Singh Khatik will run for office. Anita Nagar Singh, the party nominee, will run from Ratlam.
seat, which BJP MP Guman Singh Damor presently occupies. In addition, 11 Assamese seats are on the list, comprising six sitting MPs and five newcomers. Parimal Suklabaidhya, who was formerly held by Rajdeep Roy, will run from Silchar. Ranjit Dutta, Bijuli Kalita Medhi, and Amar Singh Tisso are the candidates from the Autonomous District (ST), Tezpur, and Gauhati, respectively.
Former Union Minister Sarbanand Sonowal is the Dibrugarh contender, unseating incumbent Member of Parliament Rameswar Teli. For Chhattisgarh’s eleven seats, four new contenders have been announced. Among them are Raipur’s senior leader Brijmohan Agrawal and Mahasamund’s Roop Kumari Choudhary.
For 15 seats in Gujarat, five incumbents have been replaced. Mansukh Mandaviya, a union minister, will run from Porbandar, which is already represented by party MP Rameshbhai Lavjibhai Dhaduk. In Rajkot, the
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The BJP replaced sitting MP Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya as the candidate with Union Minister Parshottam Rupala.Rekhaben Hiteshbhai Choudhary, the party’s nominee, will challenge Prabhatbhai Savabhai Patel for the Lok Sabha seat of Banaskantha. In Ahmedabad West, Dineshbhai Kidarbhai Makwana took over for three-term MP Kirit Solanki. In order to run from the Panchmahal seat, BJP nominee Rajpalsinh Mahendrasinh Jadhav will replace incumbent MP Ratansinh Magansinh Rathod.
He went on to say that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leadership at the time had pushed him into electoral politics. The former Chandni Chowk MP stated, “They could only persuade me because for me politics meant opportunity to fight our three main enemies: poverty, disease, and ignorance.”
He also spoke extensively about his involvement in the Polio Free Bharat initiative and his assistance to India in handling the first and ongoing stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It has been an amazing time, and it has slaked my desire to help the average person. I say this without feeling guilty. I was the Union Health Minister twice and the Minister of Delhi health twice; health is a topic near and dear to my heart. I was given the exceptional chance.
conferred upon me the ability to work toward eradicating polio in India before tending to the health of millions of our compatriots battling the fearsome COVID-19 during its initial stages,” he stated. Only a select few have had the honor of defending their people throughout the most dangerous times in human history! And I can state with pride that I accepted responsibility rather than running from it. My respect for my fellow citizens, my thanks to Ma Bharati, and my allegiance to the principles outlined in our Constitution. Indeed, the ability to rescue lives was the greatest gift Bhagwan Shri Ram gave me.
He expressed gratitude to the party officials who helped him advance politically, known as karyakartas, as well as his followers. He also discussed his collaborations with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“I want to express my gratitude to all of my party’s karyakartas, as well as to the general public, my admirers, and my leaders—everyone of whom has helped me on this incredible trip that has lasted for more than three decades. I must admit that working closely with Shri Narendra Modi ji, the most active Prime Minister in India’s history, has been a great privilege for me. “The nation hopes for a valiant comeback to authority for him,” Dr. Harsh Vardhan declared.