BJP to submit LS polls candidate Gujarat list on Mar 22

Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said on Thursday that he and other senior BJP leaders from the state would submit a list of probable Lok Sabha candidates in Gujarat to the party's central parliamentary board in Delhi Friday. Following a brainstorming session at Rupani's residence from March 17 to 19, the state parliamentary board prepared a panel of three candidates for every seat after taking into consideration the views of party observers, he said.

The BJP has already announced party president Amit Shah's name for Gandhinagar seat. Rupani would be accompanied by deputy chief minister Nitin Patel, state BJP in-charge Om Mathur, state BJP chief Jitu Vaghani and union ministers Mansukh Mandaviya and Parshottam Rupala.