BJP focuses on 2nd list in MP, C'garh

Party’s central panel to meet leaders from two states on September 13 before finalising lists

- RAJESH KUMAR THAKUR

THE BJP is likely to hold the next meeting of its Central Election Committee (CEC) on September 13 in the national capital in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party chief JP Nadda, home minister Amit Shah and other core committee members.

Earlier, the BJP had released the first list of 39 candidates for the Madhya Pradesh assembly election and 21 for the Chhattisgarh assembly elections in August. The meeting is supposed to have a wider discussion over the poll preparedness for the two major poll-bound states Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, which are due for polls later this year.

Reports said Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, state party chief VD Sharma and state general secretary (organization) Hitanand Sharma flew into Delhi on Monday afternoon.