BJP releases first list of candidates for Lok Sabha polls; PM Modi to contest from Varanasi, Shah from Gandhinagar

New Delhi, 2/3: BJP on Saturday released its first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to again contest from his constituency of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.

Union Home Minister has been named from the Gandhinagar constituency in Gujarat. Union Ministers Rajeev Chandrashekhar and Kiren Rijiju are set to contest from Thiruvananthapuram and Arunachal West respectively

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been fielded from Vidisha while another Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia will be contesting from Guna in Madhya Pradesh