India, Oct. 9 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to finalise its list of candidates for the Bihar Assembly polls on 12 October in New Delhi, with the first list likely to be released the following day. The party is set to contest around 101-105 seats in the state, sources said.

A panel of three candidates per constituency has been sent by the state unit to the central leadership for approval.

A team of senior state leaders prepared the list in consultation with the party's election in-charge, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who had reportedly advised that the panel should not lean towards promoting the kith and kin of senior leaders.

The final names will be cleared by the BJP's Central Election Committee at its meeting ...