Prime Minister Narendra Modi tops the Bharatiya Janata
Party’s list of 40 star campaigners for the Mizoram Assembly elections,
scheduled to be held on November 7.
The list includes party national president JP Nadda,
Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Kiren Rijiju, Smriti
Irani, Arjun Munda, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, Assam Chief Minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma and others.
BJP leader Sambit Patra, MoS Nityanand Rai and Rajeev
Chandrashekar too are on the list of star campaigners.
Earlier on October 18, the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) released its second list of nine candidates for the upcoming Assembly
elections in Mizoram.
According to the list, F Vanhmingthanga will contest
from the Tuirial constituency, while R Lalthangliana has been fielded from the
Kolasib constituency. Judy Zohmingliani will fight the election from the
Tuivawl area.
F Lalremsangi will be contesting on a BJP ticket from
the Aizawl South I constituency.
Earlier today, the BJP announced its first list
comprising 12 candidates. In total, 21 candidates have been announced by the
BJP for the 40-seat Assembly.
In a 40-member Mizoram Assembly, Mizo National Front
bagged 26 seats with a vote share of 37.8 per cent to emerge victorious in the
2018 polls. Congress secured five seats and BJP won one seat.
Polls will be held in Mizoram on November 7,
Chhattisgarh on November 7 and November 17, Madhya Pradesh on November 17,
Rajasthan on November 25 and Telangana on November 30. The counting of votes
will take place on December 3 in all the States.
The Model Code of Conduct has come into force with the
announcement of poll dates. The elections to five States are crucial as they
are being held months before the Lok Sabha elections in April-May next year.
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