The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday released its fifth list of 92 candidates for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly election slated to be held on November 17. With this, the party has declared its candidates for 228 of the 230 constituencies in the State; names for two seats — Guna and Vidisha — are yet to be finalised.
The announcement comes after the BJP’s central election committee met on Friday night to discuss the candidates. Chaired by the party’s national president, the meeting was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and State BJP chief V.D. Sharma, among others.
The party had earlier declared candidates for 136 constituencies, with its first list of 39 candidates out as early as August 17. The contest between the BJP and the Congress is now clear in 227 seats, as the Congress has also announced candidates.
