BJP announces second list for MP Assembly polls

New Delhi, Nov 1 (UNI) The Central Election Committee of the BJP today announced the second list of 64 candidates for upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections.

Renominationg 18 sitting MLAs, the party has dropped 17 MLAs.

The first list of 115 candidates was cleared yesterday.

In the meeting of the committee, which was attended by party national president Rajnath Singh and senior leader L K Advani, it was decided that four sitting MPs-- Nita Pateria, Sartaj Singh, Gouri shankar Bisen and Chhaattar Singh Darbar-- would contest the polls.

After the meeting, party general secretary and Election Committee Secretary Ananth Kumar told the mediapersons that out of 64 candidates, 18 sitting MLAs have been given tickets. Today's list includes 12 (OBC), 11 (SC), four (ST) and three women candidates.

Those ministers who were renominated included former chief minister Babu Lal Gaur, Anup Mishra, Narayan Singh Kushwaha, Ramdayal Ahirwar, Kamal Patel, Raghavji and Lakshmikant Sharma.

Following is the list of candidates: 1 Vijaypur Mr Sitaram Adivasi 2 Jaura Mr Nagendra Tiwari, district president, Muraina 3 Ambah (SC) Mr Kamlesh Suman, advocate 4 Gwalior Mr Jaibhan Singh Paivaya, former MP 5 Gwalior East Mr Anup Mishra, minister 6 Gwalior South Mr Narayan Singh Kushwah, minister 7 Bhitarwar Mr Brijendra Tiwari, MLA 8 Dabra(SC) Dr Kamalapat Arya. MLA 9 Bhander (SC) Dr Asharam Jatav 10 Pichhod Mr Jagram Yadav 11 Bamhori Mr K L Agrawal, MLA 12 Chachoda Ms Mamta Meena 13 Raghogadh Mr Bhupendra Raghuvanshi 14 Khurai Mr Bhupendra Singh Dangi, former MLA 15 Sagar Mr Shailendra Jain 16 Nivadi Mr Anil Jain, Municipal Corporation president 17 Khargapur Mr Surendra Pratap Singh, former MLA 18 Maharajpur Mr Puspendra Pathak, district minister 19 Chandla Mr Ramdayal Ahirwar, minister 20 Gunnaur(SC) Mr Rajesh Varma 21 Satna Mr Shankar Lal Tiwari, MLA 22 Amarpatan Mr Ram Khilawan Patel 23 Sirmaur Mr Pradeep Singh 24 Semriya Mr Abhay Mishra 25 Mauganj Mr Akhand Pratap Singh 26 Churhat Mr Ajay Pratap Singh 27 Sidhi Mr Kedar Shukla 28 Sihawal Mr Vishwamitra Pathak, janapad president 29 Singrauli Mr Ramlallu Vaish, Mayor 30 Vijayraghavgadh Mr Dhruv Pratap Singh, MLA 31 Jabalpur East Mr Sharad Jain, MLA 32 Panagar Mr Narendra Tripathi 33 Lanji Mr Ramesh Bhatere 34 Paraswada Mr Ram Kishor Kanvare 35 Balaghat Mr Gaurishankar Vishain, MP 36 Barghat(ST) Mr Kamal Mascule 37 Sivni Ms Neeta Pateria, MP 38 Amarwada Mr Prem Narayan Thakur, former minister 39 Multai Mr Chandra Shekhar Deshmukh 40 Harda Mr Kamal Patel, minister 41 Sivni Malwa Mr Sartaj Singh, MP 42 Hoshangabad Mr Girija Shankar Sharma, MLA 43 Sohagpur Mr Vijay Pal Singh 44 Vidisha Mr Raghavji Bhai, minister 45 Purwai(SC) Mr Hari Sapre 46 Sironj Mr Lakshmikant Sharma 47 Shamshabad Mr Suraj Prakash Meena 48 Bhopal North Mr Alok Sharma 49 Narela Mr Vishwas Sarang, president Yuva Morcha 50 Bhopal(South/west) Mr Umashankar Gupta, MLA 51 Bhopla Central Mr Dhruv Narayan Singh 52 Govindapura Mr Babulal Gaur, former chief minister 53 Hujur Mr Jitendra Daga 54 Sihore Mr Ramesh Saxena, MLA 55 Rajgarh Mr Haricharan Tiwari, MLA 56 Aagar (SC) Mr Laljiram Ram 57 Mandhata Mr Lokendra Singh Tomar, district president 58 Gandhwani (SC) Mr Chhatar Singh Darwar, MP 59 Nagda-Khachrod Mr Dilip Singh Shekhawat 60 Mahidpur Mr Bahadur Singh, MLA 61 Tarana (SC) Mr Rodmal Rathor 62 Ghattiya(SC) Mr Prabhu Lal Jatwa 63 Sailana(ST) Ms Sangeeta Charel 64 Alot (SC) Mr Manohar Utwal, former MLA --- UNI MCN GT KK VP0030