BJP today released list of candidates for the ensuing Lok Sabha polls, Assembly polls in Odisha and By-election for Telangana and Uttar Pradesh Assembly.

The party declared names of 21 candidates for Odisha Assembly Elections and list of seven candidates for Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. It also released list of five candidates for By-elections in Telangana and Uttar Pradesh.
Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party has announced a list of four candidates for the ensuing Lok Sabha polls in Punjab. Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar will contest from Ferozpur, while Amansher Singh from Gurdaspur Parliamentary constituency. The party has fielded Pawan Kumar Tinu from Jalandhar and Ashok Parashar Pappi from Ludhiana Parliamentary constituency.

In an another development, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has announced the name of eleven more candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. BSP candidate, Athar Jamal Lari has been fielded from Varanasi against Prime Minister and BJP candidate Narendra Modi. The party has changed its candidate from the Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency and gave the ticket to Shiv Prasad Yadav.