The 96-year-old BJP co-founder has grown frail with age and does few public appearances these days.
The 90-year-old former Human Resource Development Minister is part of BJP's 'margdarshak mandal' (group of guiding lights). He too is out of the electoral race.
Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, 89, too is out of the poll race. He has expressed dissent over the way former Congress leaders are switching to the BJP.
Another Himachal CM, 79, Prem Kumar Dhumal is the father of Union minister Anurag Singh Thakur. After he lost his own seat in 2017 during the Himachal assembly polls, Dhumal doesn't feature in the BJP's list of priorities.
Former Bhagalpur MP too has not been named in any of the BJP's list of candidates for Lok Sabha Elections 2024.
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