States where candidates are expected to be discussed include Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
New Delhi:
The Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party met here on Saturday to finalize the party’s candidates for the Lok Sabha polls in several states.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP president JP Nadda along with other CEC members reviewed the list on which the final decision was likely to be taken.
States where candidates are expected to be discussed include Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
The CEC has held two meetings before and has so far nominated candidates for 291 Lok Sabha seats, including Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Haryana, Kashmir Nataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Kerala and Telangana, among others.
The BJP is yet to announce its candidates for many seats in some of these states.
At least three announced candidates, including Bhojpuri singer Pawan Singh, dropped out of the race after their names created some controversy or other reasons.
The names of party leaders including Modi, Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari have been announced and all of them will contest from their current constituencies.
The seven-phase voting is scheduled to be held between April 19 and June 1 to elect members for 543 Lok Sabha seats, with counting scheduled for June 4.
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