After three days of deliberations between its national leadership and top Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders, the BJP’s choices for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections have been finalized and are expected to be announced “any time”, sources said on Wednesday. .
According to BJP sources, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP National General Secretary (Organisation) BL Santosh and Delhi BJP in-charge Baijayant Panda scrutinized the party’s list of 70 candidates over several hours on Sunday. For several assembly constituencies in the capital.
This followed another discussion led by Shah and senior RSS leader Arun Kumar on Tuesday, after which the final list was submitted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for consideration.
“The importance of the Delhi elections from the BJP’s point of view is underlined by the fact that every candidate has been personally vetted by the party’s national leadership and the RSS over the last three days. Our Delhi unit has no No interface,” said a party insider.
“Amit Shah himself led the discussion that lasted for several hours on Sunday and Tuesday. After a meeting between the home minister and Arun (Kumar) ji, the names (potential choices) have been shared with the prime minister, and the prime minister will now take the final call,” Antarkar added.
According to party sources, a meeting of the BJP’s Central Election Committee, headed by Prime Minister Modi, is likely to be held on Wednesday or Thursday, which will take a final decision on potential candidates.
“The Central Election Committee also includes Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and former Assam Chief Minister Sarvananda Sonowal and will convene a meeting with the Prime Minister when he is available for final vetting of potential candidates today (Wednesday). Or later tomorrow (Thursday) the list will be announced. ,’ said the source.
Delhi Assembly elections for all 70 constituencies are scheduled to be held on or before February 2025. The last assembly elections in Delhi were held in 2020. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won a resounding victory by winning 62 of the 70 seats. BJP has won 8 seats while Congress has not won a single seat.
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