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- RAJESH KUMAR THAKUR @ New Delhi

THE Central Election Committee of the BJP met Friday evening and finalised candidates for the remaining 41 of the 70 seats for the Delhi Assembly election. The names will be released on Saturday.

The party issued the first list of 29 candidates on January 4, which included Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma, as the candidate from the New Delhi constituency against AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal, and former MP Ramesh Bidhuri from Kalkaji, where Chief Minister Atishi is in the fray.

As per sources, the CEC stressed the selection of non-controversial candidates to a great extent, giving equal consideration to women belonging to OBCs and other sections.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and BJP president JP Nadda were part of the CEC that went through the recommendations of the Delhi BJP Core Committee, which met earlier to prepare the tentative list of candidates.