BJP CEC meeting- PM Modi’s brainstorming about the candidates of Jharkhand

New Delhi| An important meeting of the party’s Central Election Committee (CEC) was held at the BJP national headquarters to discuss the names of candidates in view of the Jharkhand Assembly elections.

Presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party national president J.P. In the party’s Central Election Committee meeting chaired by Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, party’s national organization general secretary B.L. Santosh, K. Laxman, Satyanarayan Jatiya, Iqbal Singh Lalpura, Sudha Yadav, Sarbananda Sonowal and Vanati Srinivasan and many other members of the CEC attended.

Jharkhand election in-charge and Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Jharkhand election co-in-charge and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Jharkhand BJP in-charge Laxmikant Vajpayee, Jharkhand BJP State President Babulal Marandi, former Jharkhand Chief Ministers Champai Soren and Arjun Munda, Union Minister Annapurna Devi and Minister of State for Defense Sanjay Seth and many other important leaders of Jharkhand BJP core group were also present in the meeting.

According to sources, the names of candidates for around 50 assembly seats of Jharkhand were discussed in the CEC meeting. It is being told that BJP can release its first list of candidates for Jharkhand Assembly elections on Wednesday. Names of more than 35 candidates may be announced on the first list.

The Election Commission has announced the dates of Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly elections. Maharashtra will go to polls on 20 November in a single phase on 288 assembly seats in the state. At the same time, voting has been announced in two phases for 81 seats of Jharkhand. Under the first phase, voting will be held on 43 assembly seats in the state on 13 November and under the second phase, voting will be held on 38 assembly seats on 20 November. The results in both states will be announced on November 23.