After a Thorough Selection Process, The BJP Finalizes 100 Candidates: Sources
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The BJP has finalized a list of 100 Lok Sabha candidates following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s midnight meeting on Thursday. The list is expected to be announced in a few days, sources said.
The BJP has finalized 100 Lok Sabha candidates after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a late-night meeting at his residence on Thursday, say sources. The first list is expected to be announced in the next few days, sources said.
The list will focus on high-profile candidates such as PM Modi himself from Varanasi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah from Gujarat’s Gandhinagar, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh from Lucknow, along with the ‘weak’ seats that the party lost in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections by a small margin.
Among the states that the senior brass of the BJP focused on at the late-night meeting on Thursday were Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Assam, and Kerala.
According to sources, Union Ministers who are also Rajya Sabha MPs may run in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, which are scheduled for April or May. Union Ministers Bhupender Yadav, Sarbanand Sonowal, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and Aviation Minister V Muraleedharan are among these MPs.
The party would also prioritize newcomers, including a number of women, according to the BJP’s roster. For example, in West Bengal’s Asansol district, the BJP might propose Bhojpuri actor Pawan Singh to challenge Trinamool Congress MP and Bollywood icon Shatrughan Sinha.
On Thursday, PM Modi chaired a four-hour-long CEC meeting to finalize the first of BJP’s candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Starting at 10:30 pm, the meeting went on for over four hours. It was attended by BJP chief JP Nadda, Amit Shah, and Rajnath Singh, among others.
Last week, top BJP leaders, including Amit Shah, JP Nadda, and Adityanath, held a meeting to discuss the “weak seats” that may pose challenges for the party in the upcoming general elections.
FIRST LIST – BEHIND THE SCENES
A lot of work went behind preparing the first list, including taking feedback from the public, sources said. The public was asked to submit their feedback about the MPs of their constituency on BJP’s NaMo app, and also mention the three most popular BJP leaders in their regions.
Reports were sought from BJP MPs regarding the work they have done in their respective constituencies for the last two years. Survey agencies were roped in to give a report on every parliamentary constituency.
Moreover, ministers in every parliamentary constituency of BJP-ruled states were asked to gather reports on the work done by MPs. Then, the reports received from ministers and party organization committee were reviewed by the state election committee. A list of names for each parliamentary seat was prepared at the state-level meetings.
Before Thursday’s CEC meeting, the core group of every state met with JP Nadda, Amit Shah, and Organization General Secretary BL Santosh. Names of possible candidates for each parliamentary seat were discussed at the meeting. This discussion happened among PM Modi, Amit Shah, and JP Nadda at the Prime Minister’s residence prior to taking place at the CEC meet.
Sources said that the BJP’s strategy is to see who has the best chance to win each seat. If this candidate is from another party, then the saffron side’s aim would be to bring the individual within their fold. For this, committees have been formed at the state as well as the central level.
CANCELLATION OF TICKETS
According to sources, the final meeting of the CEC chaired by PM Modi is expected to be held on March 3. It is believed that tickets of MPs whose performance has not been good will be canceled without any hesitation. The Prime Minister has said that BJP will be fighting for every parliamentary seat.
There are talks of canceling the tickets of some ministers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Additionally, tickets of at least 60-70 MPs are likely to be canceled. Fresh faces will be given a chance and will replace old ones who have won from a particular constituency twice.
However, sources added, tickets of OBC MPs are not expected to be canceled. In 2019, 85 of 303 OBC MPs that the party fielded emerged victorious.
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