The BJP on Sunday announced candidates for assembly bypolls of Maharashtra, Mizoram and Telangana.
The BJP has fielded former Telangana health minister Etela Rajender from Huzurabad.In a statement, BJP national general secretary Arun Singh said, “The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Central Election Committee (CEC) has decided the following names for By-elections of Maharashtra, Mizoram and Telangana.” The BJP has announced Subhash Pirajirao Savane from Deglur (SC) assembly constituency of Maharashtra. The saffron party has fielded K. Ladinthara from Tuirial (ST) assembly seat in Mizoram.
On September 28, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the poll schedule to fill vacancies in three parliamentary constituencies of Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh.The ECI also announced the schedule of bypolls to fill 30 vacancies in Assembly Constituencies of various States. On Saturday, BJP Rajasthan unit core committee met to shortlist candidates, while party state unit Haryana, Himachal Pradesh will be shortlisting the candidates by Sunday evening. Other state units are also shortlisting candidates in a day or two.”States will recommend shortlisted names to the central leadership and the CEC will finalise the name, a party leader said.