BJP has thought out its candidate list

March 27, 2019 17:36

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah's decision of dropping 36 sitting MPs from contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha poll and fielding 85 hard core RSS cadres, will enthuse RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.

New faces have been brought in. For instance in Bengaluru, the BJP has introduced Tejasvi Surya, 28-year-old RSS worker.

Narendra Modi has also pulled up union ministers who are seen to be treading a different path from the party line -- Maneka Gandhi and Giriraj Singh.

The Prime Minister has told both the ministers that they have to accept the change in seat. Giraj Singh has been sulking for more than a month after his seat was changed from from Nawada to Begusarai in Bihar.

BJP chief Amit Shah said on Wednesday that Union Minister Giriraj Singh would contest the parliamentary all his problems would be resolved by the party.

Singh had on Monday accused the party's state leadership of letting him down by "violating" his self-respect after denying him a ticket from Nawada, a seat which he won in 2014.

Maneka Gandhi has been sulking for more than two years. The party is none to happy that her son and MP Varun Gandhi has been hobnobbing with the Congress. Varun was pulled up by BJP Chief Amit Shah his Lok Sabha constituency interchanged with mother's constituency.

An internal study by the BJP has shown that if these MPs were to be renominated there will be a backlash, which is why the change.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also has intelligence reports about these MPs and the situation on the ground have been analysed.

It has not been easy for the party to drop stalwarts like Dr Murli Manohar Joshi and LK Advani. Modi spoke to the senior leaders and has informed them of that in the event of the BJP being re-elected they will be suitably accommodated.

Advani will likely be given a Rajya Sabha seat and Dr Joshi will be accommodated in the best position possibile. Given that they are both in advanced years -- Advani is 91, Dr Joshi is 86, it would be difficult for them to canvass in the searing Indian summer.

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