Key Points
Harsh Vardhan on Sunday announced his retirement from politics ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections..
The announcement comes after BJP announced candidates for Lok Sabha elections, yesterday..
BJP has decided to field Pawan Khandewal from Delhi's Chandi Chowk Lok Sabha constituency, currently held by Harsh Vardhan..
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Harsh Vardhan wrote, "After over thirty years of a glorious electoral career, during which I won all the five assemblies and two parliamentary elections that I fought with exemplary margins, and held a multitude of prestigious positions in the party organisation and the governments at the state and centre I finally bow out to return to my roots."..
I had the rare opportunity bestowed upon me to be able to first work towards creating a Polio free Bharat and then to take care of the health of millions of our countrymen grappling with the dreaded COVID-19 during its first and second phases."..
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