BJP on Sunday released a list of nine candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, in which it named Santosh Pandey as its candidate from Rajnandgaon. The Rajnandgaon seat is currently held by former Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh's son Abhishek Singh. Earlier, BJP had reportedly announced that it would not field any sitting MPs from Chhattisgarh for the General Elections.