BJP drops Ahluwalia, fields Raju Bisht from Darjeeling

New Delhi: The BJP on Monday denied a ticket to Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology SS Ahluwalia and has fielded Raju Singh Bisht from Darjeeling in West Bengal. The list also included two candidates for the Odisha Lok Sabha elections and nine for the state Assembly polls. It is not yet clear that whether the party will field the Sikh leader from any other seat. Ahluwalia is only BJP minister in the Modi cabinet who has not used the prefix ‘Chowkidar’ before his name in social media profile. A four-time Rajya Sabha member, he also courted controversy when made the statement that the purpose of Balakot bombing was not inflict casualties but to send a message to Pakistan. Agencies