Madhya Pradesh polls 2023: BJP releases third list, fields Monika Batti from ST reserved Amarwara

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday released its third list of a single candidate for the upcoming assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh.The party has announced the list for the Schedule Tribe (ST) reserved Amarwara assembly constituency in Chhindwara district. The BJP has nominated Monika Batti as its candidate for this seat. Notably, Monika Batti recently switched allegiance from the Gondwana Gantantra Party to the BJP.On Monday, BJP released its second list comprising 39 candidates for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly elections. This list includes four sitting Members of Parliament (MPs) and three Union Ministers.Union Ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Singh Patel have been selected as candidates for the Dimani and Narsinghpur constituencies, respectively. Similarly, Union Minister Faggan Singh Kulaste will be contesting from the Niwas constituency.Among the prominent candidates listed are BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, who will contest from Indore-1, and BJP MP Rakesh Singh, who will contest from the Jabalpur Paschim constituency.Other notable candidates in the list included MPs Ganesh Mantri, Rakesh Singh and Reeti Pathak.On September 13, the BJP Central Election Committee (CEC) held a meeting to discuss Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh elections at the party's headquarters in the national capital.The meeting was attended by PM Modi including BJP President JP Nadda and Home Minister Amit Shah, along with other members of the election committee and Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan.The BJP released its first list of candidates for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections on August 17, revealing the names of 39 candidates.The state is scheduled to go for the Assembly polls later this year. Through the polls, the state will elect legislators from 230 Assembly constituencies.With inputs from agencies