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Prime Minister Narendra Modi advocates for Union Ministers to actively participate in electoral contests.
Among the initial 195 candidates, several are Union Ministers selected from the Rajya Sabha. Health Minister Mansukh Mandavia has been directed to contest from Porbandar, Gujarat.
Modi emphasized that ministers like Rajeev Chandrasekhar and Muralidharan should contest and win, even in Kerala, despite the party's weakness there.
Labor Minister Bhupender Yadav has been urged to contest from Rajasthan.
Modi encouraged Jyotiraditya Scindia, formerly of the Congress and now the Civil Aviation Minister, to contest from Madhya Pradesh.
BJP leaders anticipate that Nirmala Sitharaman will be asked to contest from Tamil Nadu this time. If this occurs, she would need to win the Lok Sabha seat and continue as a Minister in the new cabinet.
All the aforementioned leaders are encouraged to draw inspiration from Smriti Irani's victory in Amethi for a Lok Sabha seat in the past.
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