Lok Sabha 2024: Anurag Thakur gets BJP ticket from Hamirpur seat
ALSO READ: BJP releases 2nd candidate list: Manohar Lal Khattar, Anurag Thakur, Basavaraj Bommai among names Looking at some data, the Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat has been with the Bharatiya Janata Party since 1998, when Suresh Chandel was the MP. He continued till 2004. In 2007, Prem Kumar Dhumal became the MP from this seat on the BJP ticket, and from 2008 Anurag has been the MP on the BJP ticket.
Looking at some data, the Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat has been with the Bharatiya Janata Party since 1998, when Suresh Chandel was the MP. He continued till 2004. In 2007, Prem Kumar Dhumal became the MP from this seat on BJP ticket and from 2008 Anurag has been the MP on BJP ticket.
In the second list, BJP included Tejaswi Surya, BJP's youth wing chief, from Bangalore South, former Karnataka chief minister Basavraj Bommai from Haveri. Also, Union minister for Road Transport and Highways of India Nitin Gadkari is set to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Nagpur Assembly seat. Further, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi is set to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from the Dharwad seat in Karnataka.
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