Amit Shah arrives at the BJP office in Delhi for the Gujarat election meeting
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP's top leaders are meeting at the party's office in Delhi to decide the party's candidates for the Gujarat assembly election.
The BJP's central election committee also includes Home Minister Amit Shah, party chief JP Nadda and other senior leaders.
The BJP, which has been in power in Gujarat - PM Modi's home state - for over two decades, is confident of a win this time too.
Though Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party, or AAP, is campaigning hard in Gujarat, the BJP maintains it faces no big threat from Mr Kejriwal's outfit.
The BJP is likely to finalise all 182 candidates during today's meeting and announce their names in the next few days, news agency PTI reported quoting unnamed people.
Ahead of the meeting, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupender Patel and state BJP chief CR Patil met in Delhi to give the final touches to the list of possible candidate prepared by the party's state unit.
Aiming to set a new record in winning seats, the BJP is said to be looking to bring in younger faces and may drop many senior leaders from the list of candidates, PTI reported.
In the last Gujarat assembly election, the BJP won 99 seats and its main rival Congress took 77 seats.
Currently, the BJP's strength in the 182-member assembly is 111 after several MLAs from the Congress defected to it.
Gujarat will vote in two phases on December 1 and 5; counting is on December 8.
