BJP drops Varun Gandhi from Pilibhit seat, retains mother Maneka in UP's Sultanpur

The BJP has dropped Varun Gandhi from the Pilibhit Lok Sabha seat and has retained Maneka in Sultanpur in its fifth list of candidates for the upcoming polls. 

Former Union Minister Maneka Gandhi has been fielded from Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh.

The saffron party excluded Varun Gandhi from Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh and allotted the seat to former Congress leader Jitin Prasada. Former Union minister Jitin Prasada joined the BJP in 2021. 

The BJP has also given a ticket to a protest leader from Sandeshkhali, Rekha Patra, in the Bashirhat Lok Sabha constituency in its fifth list of faces for 111 Lok Sabha seats.