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The Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday brainstormed on the names of candidates for the upcoming Haryana Assembly elections in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, party president JP Nadda and other members of the Central Election Committee i.e. CEC were present in this important meeting.
Who was present in this meeting?
Haryana election in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan and co-in-charge Biplab Deb, state in-charge Satish Punia, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, state president Mohanlal Badauli and other senior leaders were also present in this important meeting.
The meeting took place at JP Nadda's residence
According to sources, all 90 seats of Haryana were discussed in the meeting and names have also been finalised for 55 seats. Let us tell you that earlier a core group meeting was held at Nadda's residence, in which apart from Shah, Dharmendra Pradhan, Manohar Lal Khattar, Chief Minister Saini and Badauli were also present. Dharmendra Pradhan held a meeting with Haryana BJP leaders at his residence.
Big setback to BJP in Lok Sabha elections
Anil Vij said, 'Our party is a democratic party. Now the Central Election Committee will take the final decision (on potential candidates for the assembly elections). Let us tell you that voting for the 90-member Haryana Assembly will be held on October 1. Counting of votes will take place on October 4.
BJP's number of seats reduced to 5
Haryana is currently ruled by the BJP. Their challenge is to retain power in the state. In the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, the BJP's tally came down to 5 due to the consolidation of opposition votes in the state and the remaining seats went to the Congress.
BJP won 40 seats in the 2019 elections
Let us tell you that in the last Lok Sabha elections, BJP had won all the 10 seats in the state. In the last assembly elections, BJP had won the maximum 40 seats while Congress emerged as the main opposition party by winning 31 seats. Jannayak Janata Party i.e. JJP was successful in winning 10 seats. Independents won 7 seats, Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) won one seat and Haryana Lokhit Party won one seat. Later BJP formed a coalition government with JJP.
