Lok Sabha election 2024 phase 6: From Maneka Gandhi to Sambit Patra; key candidates in fray. All details
1. Bansuri Swaraj (BJP): Bansuri Swaraj is the daughter of the late Union Minister Sushma Swaraj. She is a New Delhi Lok Sabha candidate and is contesting against AAP's Somnath Bharti.
In the 2019 and 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP had secured all the seats.2. Manoj Tiwari (BJP) and Kanhaiya Kumar (Congress): In North East Delhi, the battle will pitted against two key candidates one is sitting MP Manoj Tiwari and Congress's Kanhaiya Kumar. BJP which won in the national capital in the 2019 polls dropped all six of its seven MPs this time while only retained actor turned politician Tiwari.3. Maneka Gandhi (BJP): Menaka Gandhi is contesting from the Sultanpur Lok Sabha seat and is pitted against Samajwadi Party's Ram Bhual Nishad and the Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) Uday Raj Verma.4. Dinesh Lal Yadav (BJP) and Dharmendra Yadav (SP): In Azamgarh, MP Dinesh Lal Yadav Nirahua is contesting against Samajwadi Party's Dharmendra Yadav, cousin of former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav.
Previously, the Azamgarh seat was won by Akhilesh Yadav in 2019, and in 2014, Mulayam Singh Yadav won from this seat.5. Sambit Patra (BJP): Sambit Patra is contesting from Puri seat in Odisha. He is contesting against BJD's Arup Patnaik and Congress' Jay Narayan Patnaik.
Recently, Patra triggered a political row with his controversial remarks, saying, "Lord Jagannath is a devotee (bhakt) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi." BJD's Patnaik is Former Mumbai Police Commissioner and it is his second consecutive Lok Sabha election. In 2019, he contested from Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha seat but lost to BJP's Aparajita Sarangi.6. Naveen Jindal (BJP): In the phase 6 polls, Haryana's Kurukshetra is set to witness a triangular contest.
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