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"Will go to every house with PM Modi's message of Viksit Bharat": newly announced BJP candidate Nirmal Saha

BJP leader Nirmal Kumar Saha expressed that he would go to every house with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's message of Viksit Bharat at his candidature being announced from Baharampur constituency for the Lok Sabha polls on Saturday.

ANI Mar 02, 2024 23:37 IST googleads

BJP leader Nirmal Kumar Saha. (Photo/ANI)

Murshidabad (West Bengal) [India], March 2 (ANI): BJP leader Nirmal Kumar Saha said that he would go to every house with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's message of Viksit Bharat after his candidature was announced from Baharampur constituency for the Lok Sabha polls on Saturday.
BJP leader Nirmal Kumar Saha said, "I am feeling very good about it. I am neither sad nor very happy, as this is a battlefield and I have to fight like a soldier. I will go to each and every house with PM Modi's message of Viksit Bharat."
He further said that he would tell people what has to be done to create a digital India.
"I will try my best to win, but the final decision will be taken by the voters," he added.
The BJP today announced its first list of 195 candidates focussing on major names including--Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, and Rajeev Chandrashekhar.
Of 195 candidates, 34 are central and state ministers, while two are former chief ministers who have appeared on the list.
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju will contest from Arunachal West while Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has been fielded from Assam's Dibrugarh.
Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti has been fielded from Fatehpur.
Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal is set to contest from Bikaner; Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav will contest from Alwar; Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat will contest from Jodhpur; Union Minister Kailash Choudhary to contest from Barmer and Rajasthan BJP President CP Joshi is to contest from Chittorgarh.
BJP MP Bishnu Pada Ray will contest from Andaman and Nicobar; MP Tapir Gao will contest from Arunachal East and BJP MP Hema Malini has again been fielded from Mathura.
Meanwhile, Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla has been again fielded from Rajasthan's Kota, which he has been representing since 2014.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest from Varanasi, where the BJP is dominant since 2014.
The announcement of the candidate list follows a marathon meeting of the central election committee (CEC) of the BJP in the early hours of Friday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP's National President JP Nadda, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Organisation General Secretary BL Santosh, Chief Ministers, State Presidents, In-charges, Co-Incharges, and Election In-charges of various states were present in this meeting. Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Assam, Uttarakhand, and Goa were present at the meeting.
Earlier in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, PM Modi secured a victory in Varanasi with 6,74,664 votes against Congress's Ajay Rai.
The BJP-led National Democratic (NDA) won a total of 303 seats, leaving the grand-old party behind at 52 seats. (ANI)


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