The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released its second list of candidates for Lok Sabha elections. The 72 names on the list include 11 Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, Anurag Singh Thakur, Pralhad Joshi, and Piyush Goyal.

Anurag Singh Thakur has been pitted from Himachal Pradesh’s Hamipur seat, Gadkari from Nagpur,  Pralhad Joshi From Dharwad, Piyush Goyal from Mumbai North, MoS Shobha Karandlaje from Banglore North, Tejasvi Surya from Bangalore South and Trivendra Singh Rawat from Hardwar.

Manohar Lal Khattar, who resigned as Haryana CM earlier this week, will contest from the Karnal Lok Sabha seat. Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Ashok Tanwar will contest as BJP candidate from Sirsa.

Rao Inderjit Singh Yadav has been pitted from Gurgaon, Minister of State of Heavy Industries Kishan Pal Gurjar from Faridabad, Pankaja Munde from Beed in Maharashtra, MoS Bharati Pravi Pawar from Dindori, Raosaheb Dadarao Danve from Jalna, and Sudhir Mungantiwar from Chandrapur.

Mysore MP Pratap Simha, whose name came up during the Parliament security breach incident, has been dropped. He is replaced by Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar of the erstwhile Mysore royal family.