Central election committee

Earlier, the Central Election Committee of the BJP held a meeting on Sunday to finalise its candidates for the assembly elections in Haryana and Maharashtra. read more

His team confirmed to HT that it was a conscious decision to steer clear of the entire process, leaving the old guard to deal with candidate selection. read more

Of 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state, the Congress is yet to name candidates on six seats – Jaipur-rural, Shri Ganganagar, Rajsamand, Ajmer, Bhilwara and Jhalawar-Baran. read more

Jaya Prada said she was joining the BJP as she was impressed with the work of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. read more

Lok Sabha elections 2019 live updates: RJD-Congress sealed a seat-sharing deal in Bihar. Follow updates here read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest from Varanasi, while BJP president Amit Shah will contest from Gandhinagar. Union home minister Rajnath Singh will contest the elections from Lucknow with Nitin Gadkari contesting from Nagpur. read more

In Sikkim, the BJP has released the second list with 12 candidates while the first list with six names for Arunachal Pradesh after the Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting approved the lists. read more

Till now, the Congress had three layers involved in ticket allocation for any poll – Pradesh Election Committee (PEC), Screening Committee and Central Election Committee (CEC). read more

Amit Shah, the functionaries above, is likely to hold a meeting with the core committee of the party on Sunday. read more