New Delhi: The Central Election Committee of the BJP might maintain a gathering on the occasion workplace on April 9 to finalize candidates for the Karnataka meeting elections, stated occasion sources.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP nationwide president JP Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP basic secretary BL Santosh and members of the occasion`s Central Election Committee shall be current on the assembly.
BJP Final listing to be launched on April 9
According to occasion sources, the core group of the BJP in Karnataka has shortlisted three names for every Assembly seat which shall be positioned earlier than the Central Election Committee. The occasion`s central management will then brainstorm over these names earlier than locking the candidates.
On April 4, the BJP`s core group in Karnataka drew up a shortlist of candidates in a gathering with the occasion`s nationwide basic secretary Arun Singh, state election in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan, co-in-charge Mansukh Mandaviya, Central Election Committee member Annamalai, former chief minister BS Yediyurappa and his successor and incumbent Basavaraj Bommai.
The BJP emerged as the biggest single occasion within the final Assembly elections, successful 104 seats, with the Congress successful 80 and the JD(S) 37 seats. The meeting elections shall be held in a single section on May 10, with the counting of votes scheduled on May 13.
The Congress on Thursday launched its second listing of 41 candidates for the next-month Karnataka meeting elections and likewise marked a seat for regional outfit Sarvodaya Karnataka Party.
The elections to the 224-member meeting shall be held on May 10 and outcomes shall be declared on May 13. The Congress has marked the Melukote meeting constituency for Darshan Puttannaiah of the Sarvodaya Karnataka Party.
It has to this point finalized 142 candidates for the polls. The first listing of 100 candidates was launched earlier. The candidates have been finalised at a gathering of the Central Election Committee headed by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday.
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and high occasion leaders from Karnataka, together with former chief minister Siddaramaiah, state chief DK Shivakumar and All India Congress Committee in-charge for the state, Randeep Surjewala, have been current on the assembly. The Congress is looking for to wrest energy from the BJP in Karnataka, the one southern state the place the saffron occasion is in energy.
(With PTI Inputs)
