New Delhi, Jan. 11 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) central election committee (CEC) to finalise the party's candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Delhi.
The CEC meeting, which took place at the party headquarters at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg in central Delhi, was attended by BJP president JP Nadda, general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh, Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, and other CEC members.
Elections to pick the 70-member assembly will be held on February 5, and the BJP has so far issued a list of 29 candidates.
The CEC selects the party's candidates for all legislative and parliamentary elections and oversees campaigns.
The meeting was precede...