The State unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has convened a crucial meeting of all the state and district level officers bearers, former MPs and MlAs besides heads of various corporations, boards, panchayats and civic bodies here on Thursday to elicit their views on ticket aspirants for the forthcoming Assembly polls.
The meeting assumes significance in the light of the party sensing a strong anti-incumbency wave in certain Assembly segments coupled with the Congress party’s resolve to wrest away maximum number of seats from the BJP in Bastar region this time round. The party had been receiving a huge number of bio data from the ticket aspirants during the past two months which includes many former MlAs, party sources here informed.
Chief Minister Raman Singh would be one of the key advisers to the committee which is set to commence the process of making selection of suitable candidates shortly.
On Thursday, the party’s senior leaders would record views of the invitees in the meeting for getting a picture on the current political scenario in various Assembly segments, background of ticket aspirants while also discussing performance of certain key sitting MlAs and ministers, sources informed.
The various surveyors who were sent for gathering information on the performance of sitting MlAs and the voter feedback would also present their report in the meeting. The first ‘Poll Campaign Committee’ meeting of the party was already held on September 27 which was attended by Convenor of the Committee Chief Minister Raman Singh, BJP National vice president and In-charge for Chhattisgarh JP Nadda, BJP National Co-General Secretary (Organi-sation) Saudan Singh, BJP State president Ramsevak Paikra besides other senior leaders of the party.