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Two types of MPs are dropped those who have been winning for several terms and therefore a need is felt for fielding a new face, and secondly those whose performance has been weak and the party has the option to field a stronger candidate for that seat, said a senior BJP leader who has been involved in the appraisal of the partys Lok Sabha candidates...
BJP sources told ThePrint that the Association of Brilliant Minds (ABM), an agency which conducts poll surveys and collects feedback on candidates for the party, is in an advanced stage of assessing the performance of the 100 MPs, on parameters ranging from on-ground presence to perception among people, social media presence, reach of central and state government beneficiary scheme in their constituency and likely opposition candidates...
BJP sources told ThePrint that feedback from the survey had also been used in denying tickets to 35 percent of the partys sitting MPs ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections...
According to BJP sources, the partys decision to field 21 MPs for four state elections held last month seven in Rajasthan, seven in Madhya Pradesh, four in Chhattisgarh and three in Telangana was part of its strategy to bring in faces in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls...
In 2019, BJP sources said, the party denied poll tickets to two of two sitting MPs in Andhra Pradesh, nine of 11 MPs in Chhattisgarh, five of seven sitting MPs in Assam, 12 out of 24 sitting MPs in Madhya Pradesh, 13 of 26 of sitting MPs in Gujarat, two of five sitting MPs in Uttarakhand, two of four sitting MPs in Himachal Pradesh, eight of 21 sitting MPs in Bihar, eight of 22 sitting MPs in Maharashtra, 22 of 68 of sitting MPs in Uttar Pradesh, six of 22 sitting MPs in Rajasthan, four of 12 sitting MPs in Jharkhand and two of seven sitting MPs in Delhi...
