Madhya Pradesh polls: BJP releases 2nd list of 39 candidates

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released the second list of candidates for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls. The second list features 39 candidates including three Union Ministers - Narendra Singh Tomar, Prahlad Singh Patel and Faggan Singh Kulaste.

Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Singh Patel have been fielded from the Dimani and Narsingpur constituencies respectively, while union minister Faggan Singh Kulaste will be contesting from the Niwas constituency.



With the second list, the BJP has named its candidates in 78 seats for the election to the 230-member assembly, likely to be held in November-December. It had released its first list of 39 candidates last month. The election schedule is yet to be announced.

In the 2018 assembly polls, the Congress had won 114 seats, while the BJP got 109. However, the Congress government fell after some MLAs joined the BJP. The BJP returned to power in March 2020 with Shivraj Singh Chouhan as chief minister for a fresh term.