The BJP has nominated Maharashtra politics' north Indian face Kripashankar Singh as Lok Sabha candidate from his native Jaunpur. The party announced the candidature on Saturday evening among others.

Singh had shifted his loyalty from the Congress to the BJP after the Jammu and Kashmir's special status was removed.  The former minister of state had first made it to the legislative council and later represented Kalina in the lower house. An articulate and skillful politician had made it big in the Congress, but after losing the Assembly polls a decade ago, he had been uncomfortable in the Congress.