The State BJP Election Committee on Friday held deliberations on probable candidates for the Anatagarh Assembly bypoll and decided to forward the names to the party’s Central Election Committee.
The Antagarh Assembly seat went vacant after former State Forest Minister Vikram Usendi won the lok Sabha polls. Newly elected State President Dharamlal Kaushik presided over the meeting held at party’s State headquarters ‘Ekatm Parosar’ in the city. Most of the members and In-charge of Antagarh by-poll Higher Education Minister Prem Prakash Pandey attneded the meeting.
In the meeting, discussions were held on the names of probable candidates including Rampyari Usendi wife of Vikram Usendi, Raghunath Narethi, Bhojraj Nag, laxman Mandavi and others. After deliberations it was resolved that all the names will be sent to the party’s Central Election Committee to decide the candidate. Apart from the candidates, discussions were also held regarding he constituency which is a tribal reserve constituency in the insurgency hit Bastar region.