New Delhi: The BJP’s Central Election Committee met on Saturday to finalize the party’s candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in several states.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP President J.P. Nadda joined other CEC members when they took the final decision on the list of probables. The states where candidates are likely to be discussed include Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
The CEC has met twice before and has so far declared the names of candidates for 291 Lok Sabha seats, which include Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Haryana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Kerala and Telangana among others. Are included.
BJP has not yet announced candidates for many seats in some of these states. The names of key party faces including Modi, Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari have already been announced for the elections and all of them are contesting from their current constituencies.
Seven-phase elections are to be held between April 19 and June 1 to elect MPs for 543 Lok Sabha seats, with the counting of votes taking place on June 4.
