Lok Sabha Elections 2024: BJP names PM Modi, Amit Shah among 40 star campaigners in Bihar, Bengal and MP

The Bhartiya Janta Party has named Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and UP CM Yogi Adityanath among the 40 star campaigners to campaign for the BJP in Bihar during the Lok Sabha elections.

The list also has prominent names in the party like chief JP Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Smriti Irani, Giriraj Singh and Nityanand Rai, besides Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav.

The state leaders who found a place on the list are Deputy CMs Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, Renu Devi, Mangal Pandey, Prem Kumar, Neeraj Kumar Singh, Syed Shahnawaz Hussain and Sushil Kumar Modi.

The BJP on Sunday announced candidates for 17 Lok Sabha seats dropping three incumbent MPs, including Union Minister Ashwani Kumar Choubey.

Choubey, who was elected from Buxar for the second consecutive term in 2019, has been replaced by Mithilesh Tiwari, a former MLA.

All the remaining 14 candidates are sitting MPs, who will seek re-election from their respective seats, reported PTI.

Meanwhile PM Modi, Amit Shah, J P Nadda have also been named the campaigners for Madhya Pradesh including former chief minister of the state, Shivraj Singh Chauhan.

For Bengal campaign, the party has also named Smriti Irani, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Mithun Chakraborty along with Prime Minister, Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath.

A recognized party can nominate a maximum of 40 star campaigners after the Election Commission approves the proposed names.