The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State Election Committee started brainstorming over ticket distribution on Monday. The meeting that started at 12 noon lasted till late in the night. Discussions on 130 seats were held in the meeting and candidates of about 100 seats were almost finalised.
Discussions on the remaining seats would be held on Tuesday and thereafter the Central Election Committee would finally endorse it on October 31.
The two-day meeting of the BJP State Election Committee started amid tight security at party’s State headquarters Pandit Deen Dayal premises. The meeting was presided over by State president Narendra Singh Tomar and was attended by all 16 members of the Committee besides general secretary in-charge Ananth Kumar. In the evening, the discussion was stopped for lunch and then in the late evening the discussions were again halted for tea break.
During this break, Tomar talked to media persons and said that discussions on 100 seats have been completed and names have been finalised on 85 seats. Discussions on 130 seats would be completed till late in the night and the discussions on remaining seats would be held on Tuesday, he added.
He said that after this the proposal of the State Election Committee would be forwarded to the Central Election Committee that would meet on October 31, to discuss and finally endorse the list.
Sources in the BJP informed that the discussions on Monday started with the seats possessed by the Congress and emphasis was paid to them so that these seats could be snatched from the arch political rival. The brainstorming is being done over the candidates on the basis of feedback, referendum, survey reports carried out by the party, besides much importance is also given to the likes and dislikes of the party workers of the constituency.
Discussions were held on Sheopur, Vijaypur, Morena, Bhind, Gwalior, Datia, Shivpuri, Guna, Ashoknagar, Sagar, Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Damoh, Panna, Satna, Rewa, Sidhi, Singrauli, Shahdol, Anuppur, Umaria, Katni, Jabalpur, Dindori, Mandla, Balaghat, Seoni, Narsinghpur, Chhindwada, and Betul district Assembly constituencies on Monday.
On Tuesday, discussions over assembly constituencies in Betul, Harda, Hoshangabad, Raisen, Vidisha, Bhopal, Sehore, Rajgarh, Shajapur, Dewas, Khandwa, Burhanpur, Khargone, Badwani, Alirajpur, Jhabua, Dhar, Indore, Ujjain, Ratlam, Mandsaur and Neemuch districts would be held.