BJP announces 39 more Lok Sabha election candidates: Maneka Gandhi, Varun Gandhi and newly inducted Jaya Prada get tickets from Uttar Pradesh, Murli Manohar Joshi doesn't retain Kanpur. Full list here

BJP on Tuesday anunced ar list of 39 Lok Sabha election candidates, naming contenders for seats in Uttar Presh and West Bengal.

Highlights of list include union minister Maneja Gandhi who will contest from Sultanpur, Varun Gandhi who will contest from Pilibhit as well as Jaya Pra who only joined party earlier in day and will contest from Rampur seat, likely against Samajwi party leer Azam Khan. list sees Maneka Gandhi and Varun Gandhi's current Lok Sabha constituencies being switched. Meanwhile, BJP veteran Murli Mahar Joshi hasn't been given a ticket to his current Kanpur seat.

following are candidates and ir respective constituencies, as anunced by BJP national general secretary Arun Singh:

two electorally significant states h also been focus of BJP's first and largest-yet list of candidates comprising 184 names. first list of Uttar Presh candidates contained, among ors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi who will contest from Varanasi and Smriti Irani who will take on Congress president Rahul Gandhi once again in Amethi. re were over 20 union ministers in BJP's first list, plus party president Amit Shah who will contest from Gandhinagar in Gujarat.

In West Bengal, meanwhile, BJP has fielded Chandra Kumar Bose, grand-nephew of Netaji Shubhas Chandra Bose from Kolkata South.

BJP's second list h focused on Andhra Presh, Maharashtra and Odisha, with party national spokesperson Sambit Patra getting a Lok Sabha election ticket from Odisha's Puri.

party's third major list was a joint NDA list for Bihar containing 40 names for 40 seats, with star contender being Union Minister Ravi Shankar Pras who was fielded from Patna Sahib constituency, setting up a potentially mouth-watering contest against rebel-BJP leer Shatrughan Sinha. or big highlight from Bihar list was Union Minister Giriraj Singh being given a ticket from Begusarai seat rar than his current Nawa constituency - a decision that left him 'upset'.

fourth list contained 11 candidates, including from  Pathanamthitta seat in Kerala which is regarded as BJP's best chance to make its first Parliamentary inros in state. Following that, 48 candidates were named for Lok Sabha elections in Goa, Mhya Presh, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Himachal Presh and Karnataka.