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NEW DELHI: The BJP on Sunday launched its fifth checklist of 111 candidates for Lok Sabha elections.The social gathering has launched the names of the candidates for the Lok Sabha seats of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Rajasthan, Haryana, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Sikkim, Telangana, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh.In its fifth checklist, BJP has named candidates for 111 extra Lok Sabha seats together with new joinee Naveen Jindal, actor Kangana Ranaut amongst nominees. Union minister Ashwini Choubey has been dropped from Buxar (Bihar); Sita Soren will contest from Dumka (Jharkhand).Thanking the social gathering after announcement, Kangana Ranaut mentioned, “my beloved Bharat and Bhartiya Janta’s own party, Bharatiya Janta party (BJP) has always had my unconditional support, today the national leadership of BJP has announced me as their Loksabha candidate from my birth place Himachal Pradesh, Mandi (constituency) I abide by the high command’s decision on contesting Lok Sabha polls.””I feel honoured and elated to officially join the party. I look forward to be a worthy karyakarta and a reliable public servant,” She added.Whereas Varun Gandhi has been dropped from Pilibhit, his mom Maneka Gandhi retained from Sultanpur. BJP has fielded Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan from Sambalpur and Sambit Patra from Puri. Actor Arun Govil, who performed Ram in widespread TV serial Ramayan, has been fielded by BJP from Meerut Lok Sabha seat.Jitin Prasada has changed Varun Gandhi in Pilibhit. The social gathering has additionally dropped ex-Union minister Anant Kumar Hegde from Uttara Kannada constituency.In Bihar, the social gathering has fielded Union ministers R.Ok Singh from Arrah, Nityanand Rai from Ujiarpur, and Giriraj Singh from Begusarai. Former Union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad from Patna Sahib, Rajiv Pratap Rudy from Saran, Radha Mohan Singh from Purvi Champaran, and Ram Kripal Yadav from Pataliputra additionally determine within the checklist.The BJP introduced the names of its candidates for 18 of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha, whereas dropping 4 sitting MPs from the checklist. The nominees for Cuttack, Jajpur and Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituencies are but to be named by the social gathering.Polling for Lok Sabha elections will likely be performed in seven phases, from April 19 to June 1. The counting of votes will happen on June 4.

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