BJP has announced 195 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections- 2024. In the first list itself, names have been announced for all the 11 seats of Chhattisgarh. 2 MPs have been repeated. Minister Brijmohan Aggarwal is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Raipur. BJP has given tickets to 3 women in 11 seats.
| lok sabha seat | candidate | won in 2019 | lost in 2019 |
| Raipur | Brijmohan Agarwal | Sunil Soni (BJP) | Pramod Dubey |
| Rajnandgaon | Santosh Pandey | Santosh Pandey (BJP) | Bholaram Sahu |
| Durg | Vijay Baghel | Vijay Baghel (BJP) | Pratibha Chandrakar |
| Surguja | Chintamani Maharaj | Renuka Singh (BJP) | Khelsai Singh |
| Korba | Saroj Pandey | Jyotsna Mahant (Congress) | Jyotinand Dubey |
| Bilaspur | Tokhan Sahu (former MLA) | Arun Sao (BJP) | Atal Srivastava |
| Mahasamund | Roop Kumari Chaudhary (former MLA) | Chunnilal Sahu (BJP) | Dhanendra Sahu |
| Raigarh | Radheshyam Rathiya | Gomti Sai (BJP) | Laljit Singh Rathiya |
| Bastar | Mahesh Kashyap | Deepak Baij (Congress) | Baiduram Kashyap |
| kanker | Bhojraj Nag | Vikram Usendi (BJP) | Biresh Thakur |
| janjgir | kamlesh jangre | Guharam Ajgale (BJP) | Ravi Parasram Bhardwaj |
Highlights of BJP’s list
- 2 sitting MPs Vijay Baghel got another chance from Durg and Santosh Pandey from Rajnandgaon.
- Minister Brijmohan Aggarwal was given ticket from Raipur Lok Sabha.
- Out of 11 seats, women candidates were fielded on 3 seats.
Why only Brijmohan Agarwal from Raipur?
Brijmohan Aggarwal has won consecutively in the assembly elections. In 2018, when the entire Raipur seats came into the hands of Congress, Brijmohan was the only BJP MLA from the city. BJP also cannot ignore the caste equation of Agarwal community. There is a good rapport between the organization and the workers. Won the assembly elections by the highest margin of votes in the state. According to the geographical equation of Raipur division, Brijmohan has been given the responsibility.
Trust in current MP in Rajnandgaon
Madhusudan Yadav from Rajnandgaon and Abhishek Singh, son of former Chief Minister Dr. Raman Singh, were also in the race, but the party expressed confidence in Santosh Pandey. It is discussed that the party wanted to avoid the charge of nepotism, hence Dr. Raman Singh’s son Abhishek Singh was not given the ticket. At the same time, Madhusudan Yadav is considered very close to Dr. Raman Singh. By giving ticket to Santosh Pandey from Rajnandgaon, the party has given a message that balance will be maintained in the party.
Saroj Pandey now candidate from Korba
In 2008, he contested assembly elections from Vaishali Nagar seat of Bhilai. In 2009, when he was mayor, BJP fielded him as MLA and Lok Sabha candidate from Durg seat in the general elections. As soon as he was an MP, the party made him the president of Rashtriya Mahila Morcha.
Chintamani Maharaj came to BJP from Congress
Congress did not give ticket to Chintamani Maharaj in the assembly elections. He joined BJP. He wanted BJP ticket from Surguja, but he was persuaded. Finally he has been given a chance in the Lok Sabha. There is a large section in Surguja region who believe in Chintamani Maharaj.
Tokhan Sahu has also been an MLA
Tokhan Sahu has been BJP MLA from Lormi. Dharamjit Singh also used to be a Janata Congress MLA from the same area, who joined BJP and won from Takhatpur. Arun Sao contested the elections from Lormi due to which Tokhan Sahu did not get a chance. The party has given him a gift by contesting the Lok Sabha elections.
Sahu, who became MLA by winning from Lormi assembly constituency in 2013, is an active young OBC face in both the BJP. Bharatiya Janata Party has also made him the state president of Kisan Morcha in the organization. Because of this, BJP has now decided to give him a big responsibility and send him as MP from Bilaspur Lok Sabha constituency.
Tokhan Lal Sahu, born in Mungeli district, has studied till M.Com, became MLA in the Legislative Assembly for the first time in the year 2013, was a member of the Committee on Women and Child Welfare in 2015, was a member of the active committee in the Legislative Assembly and also became Parliamentary Secretary in Chhattisgarh Government in 2015. are.
Fruit of loyalty to Radheshyam Rathiya
Radheshyam, who has been seeking assembly election ticket from Dharamjaigarh assembly for a long time, has got the fruits of loyalty. In the last Lok Sabha elections, he was also made the election director of Dharamjaygarh assembly. Before this, Rathiya had also been the former district president and general secretary of District Kisan Morcha. BJP had already made preparations to field a new face from Raigarh region. In this Lok Sabha elections, the stake has been played on Radheshyam, who belongs to the Rathiya community.
Kamlesh Jangde will contest elections from Janjgir
Kamlesh Jangde of Sakti Assembly has been fielded from Janjgir Lok Sabha constituency. Kamlesh Jangade has worked as the district president of BJP Mahila Morcha. She has lost the District Panchayat election once.
Roopkumari Choudhary has also been a former MLA.
Roopkumari Choudhary is a former member of Chhattisgarh Assembly. She was MLA from Basna assembly constituency from 2013 to 2018. Roop Kumari is an active leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and has been the Parliamentary Secretary from May 2015 to December 2018.
