OTHERS: Gopinath Munde, Dr Murli Manohar Joshi, Yashwant Sinha, Uma Bharti, Ananth Kumar, Maneka Gandhi, B S Yeddyurappa, B C Khanduri and Venkaiah Naidu. Besides them others frontrunners are former Army chief Gen V K Singh, former minister Arun Shourie and M J Akbar.