Bollywood star Kangana Ranaut and television actor Arun Govil, who starred in the Ramayan series, are among the names in the BJP’s fifth list of 111 candidates from 17 States for the upcoming Lok Sabha election, released on Sunday. Ms. Ranaut will contest from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, while Mr. Govil will contest from Meerut.
Former Union Minister Maneka Gandhi is being fielded from Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh, but her son Varun Gandhi is being dropped from Pilibhit, to be replaced by U.P. Minister Jitin Prasada. Controversial MP from Uttara Kannada, Ananth Kumar Hegde, was also dropped, and is being replaced by former Karnataka Assembly Speaker Vishveshwara Hegde Kageri. In Kerala, the BJP has fielded its State unit chief K. Surendran against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad.
