The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State election committee recommended name of Nirmala Bhuriya for the Ratlam-Jhabua parliamentary constituency and Gayatri Devi Puar's name for Dewas assembly constituency to the central election committee of the party for approval.
The by-elections for both these seats will be held on November 21. A meeting of BJP State election committee was held here on Sunday at party's State headquarters Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya campus.
The important meet was attended by chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, BJP State president and MP Nandkumar Singh Chouhan, former Chief Minister Kailash Joshi, senior party leader Vikram Verma, Krishnamurari Moghe, MP Phaggan Singh Kulaste, Satyanarayan Jatia and Ramkrishna Kusmaria.
Nandkumar Singh Chouhan informed after the meeting that discussions were held over Ratlam-Jhabua parliamentary and Dewas assembly constituencies by polls.
The State election committee after brainstorming over the issue unanimously decided to recommend name of Nirmala Bhuriya for the Ratlam - Jhabua parliamentary constituency and Gayatri Devi Puar's name for Dewas assembly constituency to the central election committee of the party for approval, he added.
Chouhan said that the central election committee would take the final decision over candidate selection for both the seats.
Notably, the by-poll for Ratlam (ST) seat was necessitated as sitting BJP MP, Dileep Singh Bhuria passed away while the polls are being held in Dewas as sitting BJP MlA and former Minister Tukojirao Pawar died after prolonged illness.
The notification for the by-polls will be issued on October 28. The last date for filing nominations is November 4, while scrutiny of the same will be done on November 5, it said.
The last date for withdrawal of nominations is November 7, while polling will be held on November 21, it added. Counting of votes will take place on November 24, it said adding the poll process should be completed by November 26.