BJP Announces 27-Member Manifesto Committee for Lok Sabha Polls; Rajnath Singh to Lead Panel

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday unveiled a list of 27 members who will constitute the party’s manifesto committee for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The announcement was made by BJP National President J.P. Nadda.

Leading the panel will be Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman serving as the convenor, and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal as the co-convenor.

The panel members also includes top BJP leaders such as Vasundhara Raje, Smriti Irani, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Dharmendra Pradhan, Arjun Munda, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Kiren Rijiju, and others.

Additionally, the 27-member committee includes Chief Ministers from four states: Mohan Yadav, CM of Madhya Pradesh; Himanta Biswa Sarma, CM of Assam; Vishnu Deo Sai, CM of Chhattisgarh; and Bhupendra Patel, CM of Gujarat.

The ruling NDA government, led by the BJP, is aiming for a third consecutive term, with an alliance goal of securing more than 400 seats in the Lok Sabha to form the next government in the world’s largest democracy.

All eyes are on two major political alliances: the INDIA bloc and the NDA. The INDIA bloc includes parties such as the Congress, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Trinamool Congress (TMC), and others, while the NDA is made up of parties like the BJP, PMK, JD(U), TDP, and others.

The upcoming general election is scheduled to be held in seven phases between April 19 and June 1. Nearly 97 crore eligible voters will cast their votes to elect representatives for the 543-member Lower House of Parliament. The election results are due to be announced on June 4. Additionally, assembly elections in four states – Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, and Sikkim – will also take place.