Jaunpur will be included in PM Modi's 400-paar: Kripashankar Singh after BJP names him as Lok Sabha candidate
BJP) announced his candidature from the Jaunpur constituency, Uttar Pradesh, in the upcoming Lok Sabha election, Kripashankar Singh expressed his confidence in winning the seat.
«It is my belief that Jaunpur will be included in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 400-paar slogan» Singh said, referring to PM Modi's clarion call to the BJP cadre to work for the NDA and get 400+ seats in the Lok Sabha elections.
Taking a swipe at Congress, he said that while leadership is with the BJP, «dealership» is with Congress.
«When I was in Congress, I used to try to carry the goal of the Congress party. Congress used to lead for a time. Today, the BJP is leading. Leadership is with BJP, dealership is with them (Congress),» Singh said.
Singh's candidature was announced on Saturday in the BJP's first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections.
He is the former Minister of State for Home in the erstwhile Congress-NCP government in Maharashtra and the former Mumbai Regional Congress president.
Singh left the Congress party in 2019 and formally joined the BJP in 2021.
BJP's first list contains 195 candidates, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will contest Varanasi again.
Of the 195 candidates, 34 are ministers from the Centre and States, while two are former chief ministers who are on the list.
While announcing the first list, BJP National General Secretary Vinod Tawde said, «PM Modi to contest Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi, Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiran Rijiju to contest from Arunachal West, BJP MP
