Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Bengaluru, Nov 10: The BJP core committee has decided to finalise the names of its candidates for the elections being held for 25 seats in legislative council from local body constituencies. The names will be finalised by pooling district level opinions in the next two days. In most of the constituencies, two to three candidates are in the fray, and names will be finalised soon, the chief minister stated.
As some leaders from other parties have been in talks with the BJP, the legislators, MPs and presidents of the respective district units of the party have been asked to give their opinions on this issue.
Basavaraj Bommai
The parties, in addition to facing the council elections, have to prepare for the zilla and taluk panchayat elections and Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) election shortly. It is said that the concerned were advised to draft a programme to create awareness about the schemes implemented by the central land state governments.
Names of candidates in respect of the 25 legislative council seats will be finalised in two days, said chief minister Basavaraj Bommai, after the core committee meeting, Even though discussions were already held about the prospective candidates, it was decided at the meeting to collect opinions from the district level leaders after which the state president of the party will take a decision. The committee did not decide about allotment of tickets to leaders, crossing over from other parties.
For securing majority in the 75-seat legislative council, 38 seats are required. BJP has 32 seats. For getting absolute majority, it has to retain the current six seats from local bodies which are going to polls, and then win at least six more seats.
Notification for this election will be issued on November 16. November 23 will be the last date for filing of the nominations and November 24 is the deadline for withdrawal of nominations. Voting will take place from 8 am to 4 pm on December 10 while counting will be undertaken on December 14. The Congress has 29 seats and has the support of an independent. It has to win eight to nine seats besides retaining 14 seats it has from the local body constituencies.