Former Judge, Industrialist Naveen Jindal, Kangana Ranaut On BJP Poll List

Newly inducted members industrialist Naveen Jindal, Ranjit Chautala and former judge of Calcutta High Court Abhijit Gangopadhyay, and actor Kangana Ranaut have been fielded by the BJP in its fifth election list that was announced this evening.

The party has dropped Varun Gandhi, though his mother Maneka Gandhi has been fielded from Sultanpur. Varun Gandhi's seat, Pilibhit, has gone to former Congressman Jitin Prasada, who changed sides in the run-up to the election.

Senior leader K Surendran will contest against Congress's Rahul Gandhi from Kerala's Wayanad.