BJP holds CEC meeting to finalise Bihar Assembly Election candidates

A CEC meeting had been held earlier for Bihar polls.


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PM Narendra Modi arrives at BJP headquarters for Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting

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Updated: Oct 10, 2020, 08:22 PM IST

A meeting of the Central Election Committee (CEC) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is being held in Delhi to decide the list of candidates for Bihar assembly polls.

The meeting at the BJP headquarters is being attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. 

A CEC meeting had been held earlier for Bihar polls.

The BJP is part of the ruling National Democratic Alliance in the state. 

BJP has given 11 seats to Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) from its quota of seats decided with JD-U. The BJP and the JD-U had agreed on a seat-sharing formula under which the former was allotted 121 seats and the latter 122 seats in the 243-member assembly. 

JD-U has given seats to Hindustani Awaam Morcha of Jitin Ram Manjhi from its quota. Elections in the state will be held in three phases beginning October 28 and results will be declared on November 10.