BJP releases third list, names of 75 candidates

The BJP today named its list of 75 candidates. This is BJP's third list. The party is yet to arrive at a consensus on where Narendra Modi will contest from Uttar Pradesh.

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Sushma Swaraj will contest from Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh. Latest entrant to the party former RJD leader Ram Kirpal Yadav will fight from Pataliputra. Yeddyurappa's aide Shoba Karanladge has also been given a ticket. Son of former finance minister Yashwant Sinha - Jayant Sinha will fight from Hazaribagh.

Poonam Mahajan, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Kirti Azad, Shahnawaz Hussain are the other big names to get a ticket.