With the announcement of election schedule for Gujarat Assembly polls, both the BJP and the Congress have begun an elaborate exercise of candidate selection.
The BJP’s State parliamentary board has been holding meetings in Ahmedabad to discuss potential candidates. It will make a panel of two candidates for each seat and then the final decision will be taken by the national parliamentary board. “The State parliamentary board will continue to meet till October 27,” a party leader said. Party president Amit Shah is also attending all meetings of the State parliamentary board.
In the Congress, its screening committee has been meeting in Delhi to discuss the names of potential candidates.
“The screening committee meeting was held in Delhi. We have finalised names for more than 50 seats but the final announcement will be made only in November second week,” a Congress leader part of the deliberations said.
Senior Congress leader and in charge of Gujarat Ashok Gehlot and other screening committee members and State party chief Bharatsinh Solanki were present in the meeting in New Delhi.
On Wednesday, the Election Commission of India announced that the polls will be held on December 9 and 14 and counting will be on December 18 along with Himachal Pradesh Assembly poll results.
The Aam Aadmi Party had announced candidates for 11 seats and it willl announce the remaining candidates in the next few weeks.
Former Congress leader Shankersinh Vaghela’s Jan Vikalp Party will field candidates in all the seats.
