The Central Election Committee (CEC) of the BJP met on Friday to finalize the remaining candidates to be nominated for the upcoming high-octane Delhi Assembly elections, slated to be held on February 5. Two separate meetings were held throughout the days to narrow down the names of the candidates for the remaining constituencies.

The first meeting, which took place at the residence of Nadda, included senior leaders including Shah, BJP National General Secretary BL Santosh, Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva, Co-Election In-charge MP Atul Garg and Organizational General Secretary Pawan Rana among others.

The BJP has already released its first list, featuring 29 candidates, including eight prominent leaders who switched from AAP and Congress. Notable turncoats like Kailash Gahlot and Arvinder Singh Lovely have made their way into the BJP fold.

The focus of the meeting was on key discussions regarding the party’s strategy and preparations for the elections. All seven Lok Sabha MPs from Delhi, including Chandni Chowk MP Praveen Khandelwal, Northeast MP Manoj Tiwari, Northwest MP Yogendra Chandolia, New Delhi MP Bansuri Swaraj, West Delhi MP Kamaljeet Sehrawat, East Delhi MP Harsh Malhotra and South Delhi MP Ramvir Singh Bidhuri were called in for the meeting one by one to review the names of the candidates from their constituency for the Delhi polls.

Later in the day, the BJP convened a Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting at the party headquarters, which was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to confirm the final list of candidates for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections.

The party is set to announce its second list of candidates soon with Chandolia confirming that Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other senior leaders are meticulously reviewing nominations for all 70 seats, with a particular focus on the remaining 41 constituencies.

"Today, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and all the leaders in charge of Delhi are discussing the nominations for all seats. BJP National President JP Nadda has asked for our opinions on the 41 remaining seats, and national leadership is thoroughly discussing each constituency. If the parliamentary board meeting concludes today, the list will be released tonight; otherwise, it will be announced tomorrow," Chandolia shared. Counting for the elections will be held on February 8.