BJP fields actors Kangana Ranaut, Arun Govil for Lok Sabha polls, names 111 more candidates

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New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday named 111 more candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, dropping Union ministers Ashwini Kumar Choubey and V K Singh, besides MP Varun Gandhi, while fielding actors Kangana Ranaut and Arun Govil...

Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan will contest from Sambalpur and the partys spokesperson Sambit Patra will try his luck from Puri once again after losing out in a close contest in 2019...

The party fielded Maneka Gandhi from Sultanpur, while Uttar Pradesh minister Jitin Prasada has replaced Varun Gandhi in Pilibhit..

The party has dropped ex-Union minister Anant Kumar Hegde from Uttara Kannada constituency..

Actor Arun Govil, who played Ram in popular TV serial Ramayan, has been fielded by the BJP from the Meerut Lok Sabha seat..

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