Amit Shah meets BJP leaders in Jharkhand to finalise candidates for assembly election

assembly-elections

Updated: Nov 08, 2019 07:45 IST

BJP President Amit Shah on Thursday met the party’s core committee members at his residence to finalise the list of candidates for forthcoming Assembly elections in Jharkhand.

The meeting, which concluded at 10 pm, was attended by Chief Minister Raghbar das, Union Minister Arjun Munda, Assembly polls in-charge Om Mathur, Kailash Yadav, BJP State President Laxman Giluwa among others.

Earlier in the day, a meeting was held at the residence of state election in-charge Om Mathur. During the meeting, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) parties discussed the seat sharing formula for the polls.

The names of the candidates will be declared after the Central Election Committee’s (CEC) meeting, scheduled on Friday or Saturday, said sources.