Less than 6 months have passed since the Lok Sabha elections. In such a situation, BJP has started making strategy for Lok Sabha elections 2024. BJP is preparing to field senior party leaders in the Lok Sabha elections. The list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha elections will also include names of many Rajya Sabha MPs who are ministers at the Centre.
BJP has asked senior leaders, especially those who are serving their third term in the Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha Elections Asked to fight. So that they can ensure their place in Parliament. These also include those leaders who are cabinet ministers in the Modi government. The Indian Express report quoted sources as saying that such leaders have been given the freedom to choose the seat of their choice. A source associated with the party said that this decision was taken in the organizational meeting chaired by the national leadership of the party on Wednesday.
BJP on assembly formula
The meeting cited the example of the recent assembly elections, where the BJP had fielded 18 MPs, including four Union ministers, in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. According to sources, good results were seen. At least two party stalwarts, including at least one sitting Union minister, are expected to be fielded from Delhi, he said.
Union ministers who are Rajya Sabha MPs include Rajiv Chandrashekhar, Piyush Goyal, Nirmala Sitharaman, S Jaishankar, Dharmendra Pradhan, Bhupendra Yadav, Hardeep Singh Puri, Mansukh Mandaviya, Purushottam Rupala, Ashwini Vaishnav, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Narayan Rane. Chandrashekhar and Sitharaman from Karnataka, Goyal from Maharashtra and Rupala from Gujarat are among the nine BJP leaders who are currently Rajya Sabha MPs for the third time. Former Union Minister Prakash Javadekar is also included in this list. On the other hand, BJP President JP Nadda is also a Rajya Sabha member from Himachal Pradesh.