Rajasthan Assembly Elections: Names of 84 candidates finalised by BJP

New Delhi: The BJP's Central Election Committee (CEC) finalised the names of 84 candidates ahead of the upcoming Rajasthan assembly elections, during a meeting held in the national capital on Friday, sources said.

According to a source, "The committee has finalised the names of candidates for 84 seats. The list of candidates will be released on Saturday. Discussion and decision on the remaining 75 seats will be done in another round of meetings."

Regarding the Chief Minister candidate, the source said that whoever is contesting the election is eligible for the CM position in Rajasthan.

The legislative assembly of Rajasthan consists of 200 members. The party had on October 1 released its first list of candidates for 41 seats in Rajasthan.

The CEC meeting convened on Friday at the party headquarters office to finalise the names for the remaining seats.

PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President JP Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh along with CEC members and former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje attended the meeting.