Ruling BJP on Tuesday late night released its list of 40 star campaigners for the Lok Sabha polls in the State, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Notably, former Chief Minister Uma Bharti is missing from campaigners’ list. However, the party has picked Suresh Pachouri, who recently switched over from Congress, for this purpose. The list includes the names of 40 leaders who will be star campaigners for the party in the state. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP National President Jagat Prakash Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and former BJP chief and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will campaign for the party.

 

Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, Shiv Prakash, MP BJP chief Vishnu Dutt Sharma, Mahendra Singh, Satish Upadhyay Satyanarayan Jatiya, Jagdish Devda, Rajendra Shukla, former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Former Union Minister Faggan Singh Kulaste, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, and Virendra Kumar Khatik will also be campaigning for the BJP in the State.

 

Several other leaders, including Smriti Irani, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Rajasthan CM Bhajan Lal Sharma, Maharashtra Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis, Keshav Prasad Maurya, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarnia, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, Hitanand, Prahlad Patel, Kailash Vijayvargiya, Jaybhan Singh Pavaiya, Rakesh Singh, Lal Singh Arya, Narayan Kushwaha, Tulsi Silawat, Nirmala Bhuria, Aidal Singh Kansana, Gopal Bhargav, Narottam Mishra, Suresh Pachauri, Kavita Patidar and Gaurishankar Bisen will also address the people of Madhya Pradesh. Uma Bharti, who had led the BJP to victory in the 2003 Assembly polls, had failed to make it to the BJP’s list of star campaigners during the 2023 State polls. Party has announced candidates for all the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies of the State.