LS Polls: BJP Announces Fourth List Of Candidates, Radhika Sarathkumar Fielded In TN’s Virudhunagar
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its fourth list of Lok Sabha candidates marking a significant development in the upcoming Lok Sahba elections in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu. The fourth list of BJP comes a day after the saffron-party released its third list of candidates for the polls on Thursday.
Among the notable names in this list is veteran actor Radhika Sarathkumar, who has been nominated to contest from the Virudhunagar constituency. The development comes after Radhika’s husband Sarath Kumar merged his Akila Indiya Samathuva Makkal Katchi (AISMK) with the BJP two weeks back.
Radhika’s nomination also comes at a time when speculations are rife that DMDK chief Vijayakanth’s son Shanmuga Pandian will contest from Virudhunagar district.
BJP Fourth Candidate List
BJP high command released a list of 15 candidates and their constituencies:
Puducherry – A Namassivayam
Tiruvallur (SC) – Balaganapathy
Chennai North – Paul Kanagaraj
Tiruvannamalai – Ashwathaman
Namakkal – KP Ramalingam
Tiruppur – AP Muruganandam
Pollachi – Vasantharajan
Karur – VV Senthilnathan
Chidambaram (SC) – Karthiyayini
Nagapattinam (SC) – SGM Ramesh
Thanjavur – Muruganandam
Sivaganga – Devanathan Yadav
Virudhunagar – Radhika Sarathkumar
Madurai – Raama Sreenivasan
Tenkasi – John Pandian.
Previously, the BJP announced 267 candidates in two lists released on March 2 and 13. The initial list, comprising 195 names, included prominent figures such as PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Kiren Rijiju, Tapir Gao, Rajeev Chandrashekhar, Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Ajay Mishra Teni, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, and Nisith Pramanick, among others.
