BJP CEC Meets To Finalise Lok Sabha Candidates For Remaining Seats

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday convened its Chief Election Committee (CEC) meeting to finalise candidates for the remaining seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The meeting, attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, JP Nadda, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Yogi Adityanath, Devendra Fadnavis, Bhajan Lal Sharma, and other Chief Ministers from BJP-ruled states, focused on selecting candidates for nine states, including Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and the remaining seats in Uttar Pradesh.

So far, the CEC has met twice and announced candidates for 291 Lok Sabha seats across various states like Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Haryana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Kerala, and Telangana. However, several seats are yet to have their candidates announced.

Despite initial nominations, three candidates, including Bhojpuri singer Pawan Singh, withdrew from the election race due to controversies surrounding their nominations.

Key party figures like Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, and Nitin Gadkari have already been declared as candidates, each contesting from their current constituencies.

Recent reports suggest that the party has finalized candidates for an additional 10 seats in Uttar Pradesh.

The Lok Sabha elections, set to take place in seven phases between April 19 and June 1, aim to elect MPs for all 543 Lok Sabha seats, with the vote count scheduled for June 4.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to meet Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis, and Ajit Pawar later today to discuss and finalize Lok Sabha candidates for the state. Reports indicate that out of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, BJP may contest on 32 seats, Shiv Sena (represented by Eknath Shinde) on 12 seats, and NCP (led by Ajit Pawar) on four seats.