Lok Sabha Polls 2024: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called core committee meetings at the party headquarters on Monday to deliberate on potential candidates for various states for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Haryana, Odisha, Sikkim, Maharashtra and Gujarat were among the states discussed in the meeting. The meeting was presided over by BJP National President JP Nadda. Union Home Minister Amit Shah and party National General Secretary BL Santosh also attended.
Uttar Pradesh was the first state where the discussion began. The meeting was held in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Both Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brijesh Pathak and BJP Uttar Pradesh president Bhupendra Chaudhary were also presented. According to news agency ANI citing sources, the discussion was held on 25 Lok Sabha seats. It is to be believed that National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partner Apna Dal may get two seats to contest, one from Mirzapur and the other from Sonbhadra. While Ghaziabad MP General VK Singh might be fielded again from his constituency in the elections, the BJP may drop its Barabanki seat candidate.
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In the second phase, a meeting was held to strategise on the election in Haryana. Manohar Lal Khattar, the outgoing chief minister of Haryana, and Nayab Saini, the recently appointed chief minister, attended the meeting. The discussion to strategise for the Rajasthani elections took place in the third phase. Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, State President CP Joshi, in-charge Arun Singh, and co-in-charge Vijaya Rahatkar were present in the meeting. According to sources cited by ANI, the discussion was held to select the candidates for Rajasthan's 10 remaining Lok Sabha seats.
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In the fourth phase, the core group meeting focused on West Bengal. The state BJP President Sukanta Majumdar, Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari and Amitabh Chakraborty were present in the meeting. The discussion was held to decide candidates for the remaining 23 Lok Sabha seats in the state. The meetings were also held for Sikkim, Odisha, and Maharashtra, respectively. The core committee meeting will be held on Tuesday again to deliberate extensively on Odisha.
"In today's meeting, the election management was discussed. There will be another detailed meeting tomorrow. Today, other states were discussed. There will be a broad discussion on Odisha tomorrow," Samal said on Monday. It is also reported that the central election meeting will be held on Wednesday.
The Election Commission on Saturday announced the schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The polling will be conducted in seven phases across the nation from April 19 to June 1. The counting of votes will be concluded on June 4.
(With ANI Inputs)