By Nirendra Dev
BJP has dropped several heavy weight in first list of Lok Sabha candidates announced today by the party …..
Meenakashi Lekhi replaced by Bansuri Swaraj from New Delhi, Ramesh Bidhuri replaced by Ramvir Singh Bidhuri from South Delhi, Dr Harsh Vardhan replaced by Praveen Khandelwal from Delhi Chandni Chowk, Parvesh Verma replaced by Kamaljeet Sehrawat from West Delhi..
Pragya Singh Thakur has been replaced by Alok Sharma from Bhopal.
Ramakant Bhargava replaced by Shivraj Singh Chouhan from Vidisha, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav replaced by Jyotiraditya Scindia from Guna
In a major move, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar will be BJP candidate from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala. He is likely to take on Shashi Tharoor of Congress
Manoj Tigga will be BJP candidate from Alipurduars (ST) in West Bengal.
He replaces sitting MP and Union MoS for Minority Affairs John Barla.In Tripura, Union Minister Pratima Bhowmick has been replaced from Tripura West by former CM Biplab Kumar Deb.