LS polls 2024: Legendary para athlete Devendra Jhajharia to contest from Churu seat

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unveiled their first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024 on Saturday. The ruling party revealed the legendary para-athlete Devendra Jhajharia as their candidate from Rajasthan's Churu constituency. 

Devendra Jhajharia, 42, was the first Indian athlete to win two Gold medals in the Summer Paralympics



games. He also won the silver in the Tokyo Paralympic Games in 2020 and Gold in the IPC World Championships in 2013.

BJP releases the first list of 195 candidates, including 15 from Rajasthan after a party meeting at headquarters in New Delhi today. BJP has been in power in Churu since 1999 with Rahul Kaswan winning the Lok Sabha elections in 2014 and 2019.