More precisely, the question applies to the general election held to elect the 19th Lok Sabha, whether or not that is held in 2029.

Resolution technicalities/edge-cases:

• The candidate may be a non-BJP candidate from an allied party, if backed by the BJP.

• If the BJP does not announce its candidate before the election:

  • If there is a candidate overwhelmingly assumed to be the candidate in the media eye, resolves to them.

  • Otherwise if they subsequently win (are in government), then resolves to the prime minister

  • Otherwise if they subsequently lose, then resolves N/A (not to the leader of the opposition, because that's kind of a funky role)

• If the general election in question is suspended indefinitely, resolves N/A.