The party chiefs of UP, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat and other states attended the meeting of the party’s apex decision-making body with the lists of candidates. “The talks over the final names for 100-125 seats, including some of the VIP constituencies like Varanasi, Gandhinagar and Lucknow, went for hours with each member putting forth his suggestions. The PM and home minister were among others who suggested many points,” said a senior party functionary.He said there was no doubt on the continuation of Modi from Varanasi, Shah from Gandhinagar in Gujarat, Rajnath Singh from Lucknow. It was also discussed that Nitin Gadkari will contest from Nagpur, Smriti Irani from Amethi, Anurag Thakur from Hamirpur, Prahlad Joshi from Dharwad. Sources also said BJP leaders Ravi Kishan will fight from Gorakhpur, Subrat Pathak from Kannauj, and Sadhvi Niranjan from Fatehpur.
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