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NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 29
The Central Election Committee (CEC) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, convened at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Thursday night to finalise the first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Prior to the CEC meeting, Prime Minister Modi held a separate discussion with party president J P Nadda and Home Minister Amit Shah at his residence, while other senior leaders deliberated over the prospective candidate lists at the BJP headquarters, as per media reports.
Notable leaders in attendance in the CEC meeting included Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Gujarat’s Bhupendra Patel, Madhya Pradesh’s Mohan Yadav, Chhattisgarh’s Vishnu Deo Sai, Uttarakhand’s Pushkar Singh Dhami, and Goa’s Pramod Sawant, Devendra Fadnavis, Jyotiraditya Scindia, and Keshav Maurya. The meeting is expected to focus on selecting candidates for Lok Sabha seats across various states, including Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Telangana, Rajasthan, Goa, Gujarat, and others. However, decisions regarding candidates for Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu have been deferred for the time being.
भाजपा राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष श्री @JPNadda की अध्यक्षता एवं पीएम श्री @narendramodi की गरिमामयी उपस्थिति में चल रही भारतीय जनता पार्टी की केन्द्रीय चुनाव समिति की बैठक के दृश्य। pic.twitter.com/ZSHtCeedFs
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