Newly constituted BJP election panel meeting to finalize Himachal candidates

Last Update: 18 October 2022, 19:34 IST

The last date for filing nominations in Himachal Pradesh is October 25 (AFP file)

Official sources said top party leaders are likely to finalize the names for most of the seats in the meeting. There are 68 seats in the state assembly

newly formed central Election The BJP committee met for the first time on Tuesday evening to finalize the party’s candidates for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections to be held on November 12. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah and BJP President JP Nadda attended the meeting. other.

The party had recently brought in several new faces in the CEC while dropping some. Official sources said top party leaders are likely to finalize the names for most of the seats in the meeting. There are 68 seats in the state assembly.

The CEC, which now has 15 members, has new members like BS Yediyurappa, Union ministers Bhupendra Yadav and Sarbananda Sonowal, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Om Mathur, party’s OBC Morcha president K Laxman, Iqbal Singh Lalpura, Satyanarayan Jatiya and Sudha. . Yadav. Home Minister Amit Shah and party’s national president JP Nadda also discussed this, the hill state’s BJP core group had held extensive deliberations on Monday to narrow down the list of probables.

The BJP is in power in the state and is working overtime to break the current party’s election-losing trend. Himachal BJP President Suresh Kashyap has said that the BJP also conducted an internal poll through ballot papers among its office bearers across the state to assess their opinion on potential candidates.

The last date for filing nominations in Himachal Pradesh is October 25.

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