BJP's CEC meeting underway to finalise list of candidates

Ahead of the Assembly elections, a meeting of the BJP's Central Election Committee (CEC) is underway to finalise candidates for upcoming polls. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, BJP chief JP Nadda and other senior party leaders among others are present in the meeting.

New Delhi: A meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Central Election Committee (CEC) to finalise candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, West Bengal and Assam is underway. The crucial meeting is chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Sources said the party is likely to finalise the list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in all the four states and one union territory.

BJP Mahila Morcha President Vanathi Shrinivas is likely to fight from South Coimbatore while Khushbu Sundar and K. Annamalai are also likely to contest, sources added.

Several top leaders including Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Jitendra Singh and Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal are attending the meeting.