BJP Releases First List Of Candidates For Madhya Pradesh Polls 2023

With the Madhya Pradesh assembly polls drawing near, the election season has officially begun with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) taking a significant step by releasing its initial list of 39 candidates for the state candidacies.

At the BJP's Central Election Committee meeting on Wednesday (16 August), party chief J P Nadda chaired the session, which was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as well as union ministers Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah, among other senior leaders.

The party's decision to announce the first list of candidates at this stage itself highlights the importance it places on the upcoming five state elections.

In the previous elections of 2018, the BJP faced defeat in both Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.

However, it managed to regain power in Bhopal by capitalising on the internal conflicts within the Congress party and its precarious majority.