Gujarat elections: BJP likely to finalise all candidates on Wednesday

BJP's top leadership is likely to finalise on Wednesdy all 182 candidates for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly polls, PTI reported

The central election committee of the BJP, also comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and party president J P Nadda, will meet in Delhi for this, PTI reported. The announcement may come only later.

Ahead of the meeting, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupender Patel and state BJP chief C R Patil met to give final touches to the list of probables made by the state unit.


Polling will be held in two phases in Gujarat on December 1 and 5 and votes will be counted on December 8.

The PTI report quoted sources as saying that the possibility of dropping several senior leaders from the list of candidates cannot be ruled out. The party has "received suggestions" that it should opt for new and young faces.

The BJP is eyeing a victory for a seventh consecutive time. In 2017, the part had won 99 seats and its main rival Congress bagged 77 seats. After a few defections, the BJP's present strength stands at 111.