The set of Assembly elections now scheduled in five States – Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and Mizoram - will see the BJP test drive at least some of the ideas and issues that it feels will loom large in 2024.
While the BJP has not released a full list of candidates for all States, the four lists for Madhya Pradesh and the first list of candidates for Rajasthan have seen the party field several MPs, mostly from the Lower House, for the Assembly elections.
In Madhya Pradesh, three Union Ministers – Narendra Singh Tomar, Faggan Singh Kulaste, and Prahlad Singh Patel along with four Lok Sabha MPs, namely Rakesh Singh, Ganesh Singh, Reeti Pathak, and Uday Pratap Singh, have been fielded. In Rajasthan, Lok Sabha MPs Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Diya Kumari, Baba Balaknath, Bhagirath Choudhary, Devji Patel and Narendra Kumar, as well as Rajya Sabha MP Kirodi Lal Meena have been given tickets.
