April 10, 2024 5:48 PM

LS polls 2024: BJP releases 10th list of candidates, fields ex-PM Chandra Shekhar’s son Neeraj from Ballia, SS Ahluwalia from Asansol

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released its 10th list of 9 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, fielding party's Rajya Sabha MP Neeraj Shekhar from Uttar Pradesh's Ballia. Neeraj Shekhar, the son of former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, was a Lok Sabha MP from 2007 to 2014, representing Samajwadi Party from Ballia, the constituency earlier held by his father. In 2014, Shekhar lost the polls to his BJP rival and was nominated to the Rajya Sabha. Shekhar joined the BJP after h...