Annamalai from Coimbatore, Tamilisai from Chennai South: BJP releases 3rd list of candidates for Lok Sabha elections

BJP on March 21 released its third list of candidates for Lok Sabha polls 2024

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on March 21 released its third list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. According to the list, K Annamalai will contest from Coimbatore, Tamilisai Soundararajan from Chennai South and L Murugan from Nilgiris.

Vinoj Selvam will contest from Chennai Central, AC Shanmugam from Vellore, C Narasimhan (Krishnagiri), TR Paarivendhar (Perambalur), Nainar Nagendran (Thoothukkudi), Pon. Radhakrishnan (Kanniyakumari).

Former Telangana Governor, Soundararjan rejoined the BJP in the presence of Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai on March 20.

She had resigned from the saffron party before assuming the office of Governor of Telangana in 2019. She was appointed Lt Governor of Puducherry in 2021.

BJP releases its third list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

K Annamalai to contest from Coimbatore, Tamilisai Soundararajan from Chennai South and L. Murugan from Nilgiris. pic.twitter.com/bJLUyK8Og1

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Earlier on March 13, the saffron party had released its second list of 72 candidates, fielding Union minister Anurag Thakur from Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur, former Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai from Haveri, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya from Bangalore South, Union minister Nitin Gadkari from Nagpur.

Union minister Piyush Goyal will make his poll debut from Mumbai North.