Names of 84 candidates for Rajasthan polls finalised in BJP CEC meet, another round of discussion soon

New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): The BJP’s Central Election Committee (CEC) finalised the names of 84 candidates ahead of the upcoming Rajasthan assembly elections, during a meeting held in the national capital on Friday, sources said.

According to a source, “The committee has finalised the names of candidates for 84 seats. The list of candidates will be released on Saturday. Discussion and decision on the remaining 75 seats will be done in another round of meetings.”

Regarding the Chief Minister candidate, the source said that whoever is contesting the election is eligible for the CM position in Rajasthan.

The legislative assembly of Rajasthan consists of 200 members.

The party had on October 1 released its first list of candidates for 41 seats in Rajasthan. The CEC meeting convened on Friday at the party headquarters office to finalise the names for the remaining seats.

PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President JP Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh along with CEC members and former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje attended the meeting.

Earlier, the Bharatiya Janata Party released its first list of the 41 candidates for the elections. The names of the candidates were finalized at a meeting of its CEC that was chaired by the BJP President JP Nadda on October 1.

The BJP has fielded Rajyavardhan Rathore, an MP from Jhotwara, while another MP Diya Kumari has been fielded from Vidhyadhar Nagar. Baba Balaknath has been fielded from Tijara and Kirodi Lal Meena from Sawai Madhopur.

Elections will be held in the five crucial states of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram between November 7 and 30, and the results will be declared on December 3, the Election Commission said. All 200 seats in Rajasthan will see voting on November 23.