Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has declared Navya Haridas as its candidate for the by-election on Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala. On this seat, Navya from BJP will face senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. The Election Commission of India (ECI) had announced the date of the by-election on Tuesday. Voting will take place on November 13 and the results will be declared on November 23.
Navya Haridas is a mechanical engineer who received her B.Tech degree from KMCT Engineering College, University of Calicut in 2007. According to the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), Navya has no criminal cases and has assets worth Rs 1,29,56,264. According to the ADR, he also has a total liability of Rs 1,64,978. According to her Twitter profile, she is a councilor in Kozhikode Corporation and is currently the state general secretary of BJP Mahila Morcha. On her Facebook page, she describes herself as a BJP Parliamentary Party leader and state general secretary of BJMM.
Let us tell you that the Congress Party had announced in June itself that Priyanka Gandhi will contest the elections from the Wayanad seat vacated by the resignation of Rahul Gandhi. In June, days after the Lok Sabha elections 2024, Congress had announced that Rahul Gandhi will keep Rae Bareli parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh and vacate the Wayanad seat in Kerala, from where his sister Priyanka Gandhi will make her electoral innings.
This time’s election on Wayanad Lok Sabha seat is being considered very important, because Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is an important face for Congress and Navya Haridas is considered a young and energetic option for BJP. By-elections to the Wayanad parliamentary seat and 47 assembly seats will be held on November 13 along with the first phase of voting for the Jharkhand Assembly. The results of the by-election for Wayanad Lok Sabha seat will come on November 23.
BJP has tried to attract young voters by making Navya Haridas its candidate. Navya has been presented by the party as a new and strong woman leader, who is contesting the elections on the issues of youth and women. On the other hand, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is in the fray as a strong Congress candidate, who has been a popular face for the party for a long time.
Meanwhile, the state’s ruling LDF has fielded senior CPI leader Satyan Mokeri for the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll. Mokeri, a former MLA from Nadapuram constituency in Kozhikode district, is known for his work in addressing issues in the agriculture sector. He contested the Lok Sabha elections from Wayanad in 2014, where he lost to Congress candidate MI Shanavas.
Announcement of candidates for assembly by-elections also
Apart from Wayanad, BJP has also released the list of its candidates for the assembly by-elections of eight states. The party has announced candidates for the assembly by-elections to be held in Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and West Bengal.
BJP candidate for Assam assembly by-election
Nihar Ranjan Das from Dholai (SC) assembly seat.
Diganta Ghatovar from Behali Assembly seat
Diplu Ranjan Sharma from Samaguri Assembly seat
BJP candidate for Bihar assembly by-election
Vishal Prashant from Tarari assembly seat
Ashok Kumar Singh from Ramgarh assembly seat
BJP candidate for Chhattisgarh assembly by-election
Sunil Soni from Raipur City South Assembly seat
BJP candidates for Karnataka assembly by-elections
Bharat Basavaraj Bommai from Shiggaon Assembly seat
Bengalu Hanumantu from Sandur (ST) Assembly seat
BJP candidates for Kerala Assembly by-elections
C. Krishnakumar from Palakkad assembly seat.
K Balakrishnan from Chelakkara (SC) assembly seat.
BJP candidate for Madhya Pradesh Assembly by-election
Ramniwas Rawat from Vijaypur Assembly seat
Ramakant Bhargava from Budhni Assembly seat
BJP candidate for Rajasthan Assembly by-election
Rajendra Bhambu from Jhunjhunu assembly seat
Sukhwant Singh from Ramgarh assembly seat
Jagmohan Meena from Dausa Assembly seat
Rajendra Gurjar from Devli Uniara assembly seat.
Revant Ram Danga from Khinvsar Assembly seat
Shanta Devi Meena from Salumber (ST) Assembly seat
BJP candidate for West Bengal Assembly by-election
Deepak Kumar Rai from Sitai (SC) Assembly seat
Rahul Lohar from Madari Haat (ST) assembly seat.
Rupak Mishra from Naihati assembly seat
Bimal Das from Haroa assembly seat
Medinipur assembly seat Subhajit Roy
Ananya Roy Chakraborty from Taldangra Assembly seat
