Releasing the list on behalf of the party, BJP general secretary Thawarchand Gehlot said noted Bollywood singer Bappi Lahiri, who recently joined the BJP, has been fielded by the party from Srerampur Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal and journalist Ashwani Kumar Chopra "Minna" from Karnal Lok Sabha seat in Haryana.
Sreeramalu had joined the BJP after quitting BSR Congress, of which he was the chief. The party is being supported by the Bellary brothers embroiled in the mining scam.
The party fielded Manoj Rajoriya from Karauli-Dholpur (SC) seat, Sanwarmal Jat from Ajmer, who will contest against Sachin Pilot of Congress and P P Choudhary from Pali Lok Sabha seat.
It also fielded Joyram Engleng will contest the Autonomous District (ST) seat from Assam and district General Secretary Bhagwant Khuba from Bidar Lok Sabha seat in Karnataka besides former MP C H Vijay Shankar from Hassan.
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Bodh Singh Bhagat is the party candidate from Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh, while BJP national executive member La Ganeshan will contest the Chennai South constituency in Tamil Nadu and another national executive member S Gurumoorthy will contest the Nilgiris (SC) seat.
BJP has also fielded Tamil Nadu state president Pon Radhakrishnan from Kanyakumari Lok Sabha constituency and Kuppuramu from the Ramanathapuram LS seat.
Swarup Prashad Ghosh will contest the Jadavpur LS seat in West Bengal.
The party also announced the names of its 6 candidates for the West Bengal assembly bye-elections.