BJP to hold meeting at party headquarters to discuss Punjab Assembly polls

by Suman Gupta

The Bharatiya Janata Party will hold an important meeting at the party headquarters on the Punjab Assembly polls today afternoon to discuss seat-sharing with its allies, Captain Amarinder Singh’s Punjab Lok Congress Party and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa’s Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt), said sources in the party.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president JP Nadda, party Punjab State President Ashwani Sharma, Election in-charge Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Punjab in-charge Dushyant Gautam, Union Minister Som Parkash will be present at the meeting. According to the sources, BJP will contest on 80 seats and their allies will contest on 37 seats. The candidates will be decided based on their winnability. Punjab will go to the polls on February 14 and the counting of votes will take place on March 10.