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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President JP Nadda, and senior leaders including Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah are among the prominent star campaigners announced by the Chhattisgarh unit of the BJP for the upcoming general elections.
PM Modi, JP Nadda, Amit Shah Star Campaigners in Chhattisgarh. The list also includes Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Smriti Irani, Dharmendra Pradhan, and Arjun Munda, along with Chief Ministers Yogi Adityanath, Himanta Biswa Sarma, and Mohan Yadav from Uttar Pradesh, Assam, and Madhya Pradesh respectively. Former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will also join the campaign trail.
Elections for the 11 Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh will be conducted across three phases on April 19, April 26, and May 7, with vote counting scheduled for June 4.
Notably absent from the star campaigners’ list is senior BJP leader and former Chief Minister Raman Singh. However, the list includes Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, deputy Chief Ministers Arun Sao and Vijay Sharma, state BJP chief Kiran Dev, and four state ministers.
PM Modi, Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath, and Himanta Biswa Sarma had actively campaigned during the Chhattisgarh assembly elections last year, where the BJP secured a significant victory against the Congress.
With the aim of securing all 11 seats in the state, both the BJP and the Congress have finalized their candidates for the upcoming polls.
