Who Is Navya Haridas: BJP has announced its candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha by-election. BJP has given a ticket to Navya Haridas against Priyanka Gandhi. That is, Navya Haridas will contest against Priyanka Gandhi from Wayanad.

Who is Navya Haridas

Navya Haridas is the state general secretary of the BJP Mahila Morcha. She has been a two-time councilor in the Kozhikode Corporation and is the BJP parliamentary party leader in the corporation. She was the NDA candidate from Kozhikode South constituency in the last assembly elections held in 2021.

The seat has become vacant after Rahul Gandhi's resignation.

Rahul Gandhi won the Lok Sabha elections from the Wayanad seat. Apart from this, Rahul Gandhi also won from Rae Bareli. After this Rahul Gandhi resigned from Wayanad and Congress announced Priyanka Gandhi to contest from Wayanad. At the same time, the Communist Party of India (CPI) has declared senior leader Satyan Mokeri as the Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha by-election.

Several more candidates announced

The BJP has also released a list of candidates for the assembly by-elections in Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and West Bengal. The BJP has fielded Ramakant Bhargava from Budhni, a seat vacated by former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan after he won the Lok Sabha elections.