Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Monday said that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024. While speaking to media, Joshi said that it is likely that both the union ministers will contest from the constituencies of Karnataka. The constituencies are still to be decided. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman currently represents the upper house in Karnataka and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is a Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat.Before this, Karnataka BJP chief BY Vijayendra asserted that BJP and JDS will jointly fight the elections in all 28 Lok Sabha constituencies and we will make complete efforts to win all 28 Lok Sabha seats.All our leaders have assured our Home Minister Amit Shah that BJP and JDS will fight the elections unitedly in all 28 Lok Sabha constituencies and we will make 100 per cent efforts to win all 28 Lok Sabha seats, said Karnataka BJP chief earlier this month.Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) convened the five-state core group meeting at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Saturday, in view of upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024.BL Santosh, the organizations general secretary and Amit Shah, the home minister, were present as BJP National President JP Nadda presided over the meeting. According to the information, the preparations for the Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan were discussed during the divided-session meeting. In the meantime, the Central Election Committee meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party is probably scheduled on February 29 or the first week of March, which can see discussions on more than 100 Lok Sabha seats.
