BJP Fields Union Minister Narayan Rane from Ratnagiri Sindhudurg LS Seat

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday announced Union Minister Narayan Rane as its candidate from Ratnagiri Sindhudurg Lok Sabha seat.

Ratnagiri (Maharashtra): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday fielded Union minister Narayan Rane from the Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg constituency in Maharashtra for the Lok Sabha polls.

The coastal seat, currently represented by Vinayak Raut who is again the candidate of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), has not been contested by the BJP earlier.

Rane's son Nilesh Rane had won the seat in 2009 as the Congress candidate.