BJP To Name Over 100 Lok Sabha Candidates Soon

A day after a big BJP meeting to decide the party's first set of candidates for the upcoming national election, the focus is now on when the party will release the list. Sources said over 100 candidates will be named, including high-profile ones like the Prime Minister's. There is also an interest in candidates in high-profile states like Uttar Pradesh, which sends 80 MPs to the Lower House of Parliament, and Bengal - where the BJP is looking to upset the Trinamool.