In BJP’s Delhi camp, candidates yet to be finalised but party confident of ‘direct fight’ in 40+ seats
Sources, citing internal surveys, said the BJP foresees bright prospects on “40-47 seats” depending on separate scenarios.
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An important organisational meeting was held on Monday at the state headquarters to discuss preparations for the Delhi Assembly elections. Senior leaders, including Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva, Delhi BJP general secretary (organisation) Pavan Rana, Delhi incharge Baijayant Panda, MPs Harsh Malhotra were present. (X/@PandaJay)Even as it is still identifying potential candidates for the Delhi Assembly elections, the Delhi BJP is “confident” it has a “direct fight on more than 40” of the Capital’s 70 constituencies.
Sources, citing internal surveys, said the BJP foresees bright prospects on “40-47 seats” depending on separate scenarios. Currently, the party has seven MLAs in the 70-member House. “If AAP and Congress form an alliance, our surveys posit the BJP will be neck and neck with them in 47 Assembly constituencies since the vote is likely to be split internally between both parties,” a senior BJP leader said.
“On the other hand, given the current scenario where the AAP, BJP and Congress are in a three-corner fight, the surveys predict a direct contest between the AAP and BJP on around 40 seats. There are only a handful of seats such as New Delhi, Okhla, Greater Kailash and Malviya Nagar, among others, where the AAP is considered comfortably ahead for the time being,” the leader added.
The BJP core committee comprising its national general secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva, Delhi BJP general secretary (organisation) Pavan Rana, Delhi incharge Baijayant Panda, MPs Harsh Malhotra, Manoj Tiwari, Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Yogender Chandoliya and senior leaders Arvinder Singh Lovely, Dushyant Gautam, Leader of Opposition Vijender Gupta and former Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay, among others, met at the party’s state headquarters Monday.
According to party insiders, discussions so far included the names of Sachdeva as a potential pick from Patparganj, Krishna Nagar or Kasturba Nagar; former DCW chief Barkha Shukla Singh or Anil Sharma from R K Puram; Impreet Bakshi from Jangpura; Satish Upadhyay from Malviya Nagar; former West Delhi MP Parvesh Verma from New Delhi; incumbent MLA Anil Bajpai from Gandhi Nagar; Arvinder Singh Lovely from Krishna Nagar; Manjinder Singh Sirsa from Rajouri Garden; and Ravinder Lohia from Delhi Cantt.
The list will be revealed only after the final go-ahead from the national leadership this week. “The State Election Committee is likely to meet either Tuesday or Wednesday which will be followed by a meeting of the Central Election Committee to be presided by the Prime Minister, Home Minister and Defence Minister, by December 14 or 15. The first list is likely to be announced the same day,” a source said.
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