The BJP's Central Election Committee (CEC) met in the national capital today (August 25) to finalise the party's candidates for the upcoming assembly polls. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda were joined by other CEC members, including Home Minister Amit Shah, as they deliberated with party leaders from Jammu and Kashmir.
PM Modi left from the party headquarters after attending the BJP Central Election Committee meeting held ahead of J&K assembly polls.
Last week, the Jammu and Kashmir leaders held a long meeting with Nadda and Shah, among others, to narrow down the list of probable candidates and strategise for the polls. The CEC will later be holding meeting with Haryana leaders to finalise party candidates for the assembly polls.
Jammu and Kashmir poll schedule
The 90-member assembly of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is going to the polls in three phases on September 18 and 25 and October 1. The 90-member assembly of Haryana will go to the polls on October 1.
The counting of votes is scheduled for October 4. In the last assembly elections held in 2014, when Jammu and Kashmir was a full-fledged state, the BJP had won 25 seats. The party is making all out efforts to fend off the challenge from a resurgent Congress, which has tied up with the National Conference, especially in the Jammu region, a BJP bastion since 2014.
The BJP is also facing a strong challenge from the Congress in Haryana where it has been in power since 2014.
(With inputs from Avinash Tiwari)
