The Bharatiya Janata Party has announced a list of 60 candidates for the ensuing Meghalaya Assembly Elections on Thursday.

Prior to announcing the list, the party’s election committee held a meeting at party’s national headquarters in New Delhi on Wednesday to finalise the same. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP National President JP Nadda and state BJP leaders AL Hek and Ernest Mawrie were among other party top guns who attended the meeting.

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Former Cabinet Minister and NPP leader Martin M Danggi was given the seat from Ranikor.

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It is worth mentioning that earlier in the day, Danggo had officially joined the BJP in the Meghalaya’s state capital

The former Speaker claimed that he joined the BJP on the advice of his leaders and followers.

Danggo said that he didn’t make the choice but all of his leaders gathered and resolved that he should resign from the NPP and join the BJP. In his address to the party workers, he asked them to help in comprehending the BJP’s manifesto and constitution.

Notably, in Meghalaya, the BJP is fighting all seats along and in Nagaland it will fight the elections with cooperation of alliance party National Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), where it will contest on 20 seats out of 60 seats.

On February 27, the voting for Assembly elections in Nagaland and Meghalaya will be held in a single phase manner. The results of the same will be announced on March 2.

The Election Commission of India said that the terms of Nagaland and Meghalaya were coming to an end on March 12 and 15 respectively.

The BJP held a CEC meeting in the national capital to decide the names of the candidates for the ensuing Tripura Assembly elections, earlier on January 27.

Following the meeting, the BJP announced its first list of 48 candidates for the Tripura Assembly elections, while it fielded Union Minister Pratima Bhoumik from Dhanpur.

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The tenure of BJP national president JP Nadda has been extended. Home Minister Amit Shah said that the National Executive has made a proposal on JP Nadda today. Rajnath Singh has kept the proposal of extending Nadda’s tenure and all the BJP members have accepted it. Hence. JP Nadda’s term as BJP President has been extended till June 2024.

Amit Shah said that he is confident that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party’s national president JP Nadda, the BJP will win the Lok Sabha due in 2024 with an even bigger majority. He added that once again Narendra Modi will lead the country as the Prime Minister of India.

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Amit Shah also praised Nadda’s leadership

Home Minister Amit Shah praised Nadda’s leadership during this period and said that under his chairmanship, BJP got victory in many important elections. The two-day meeting of the BJP’s national executive began on Monday at the convention center of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) in the national capital.

The Prime Minister reached the executive venue on Tuesday morning. Apart from him, around 350 senior party leaders including Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP President JP Nadda are participating in this executive. These include chief ministers and five deputy chief ministers of 12 party-ruled states and 35 central ministers.

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