New Delhi : Leading News Service : With the Lok Sabha election dates likely to be announced anytime, major political parties have stepped up candidate selection. BJP's next meeting for candidate selection will be held on Friday (8th). It is understood that 185 to 200 seats in other states including Maharashtra will be churned; Before that, the meeting of the Congress Central Election Committee will be held tomorrow (7th), in which 130 candidates are expected to be selected. Of course, it is understood that the candidate list from Congress will be made only after the election announcement.
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According to BJP sources, BJP is preparing to announce candidates for more than 300 seats before the election announcement. Last week, the BJP had announced a list of 195 candidates, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and various Union ministers. Now in the second meeting of the Central Election Committee, deliberations will take place on about 185 to 200 seats. It has seats in many states including Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar. However, in the frontline states, the BJP will churn the same seats where the party won in the last Lok Sabha elections. The seats which have not been discussed with the allies will not be discussed in the election committee meeting.
On the other hand, the Central Election Committee meeting of the Congress to be held tomorrow will discuss the seats of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Punjab, Delhi. Congress sources say that Rahul Gandhi's name will be approved in the first meeting of the Congress Central Election Committee.
Rahul Gandhi from Amethi?
Rahul Gandhi's name will be approved from Amethi in the Congress Central Election Committee meeting. This will be announced in the first list announced by the party. Sources also say that Priyanka Vadhera will contest the election from Rae Bareli. However, there is little possibility that the name of Rae Bareli candidate will be announced in the first list. According to sources, Congress Shresthi and Gandhi family leaders have directed the election committee to thoroughly check the background of the candidate before announcing his name. Precautions are being taken so that the concerned candidate does not join the BJP after the name is announced.