New Delhi: BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will fight the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections from two seats. While the party has already announced Varanasi to be one of the seats where Modi will contest from, the BJP Gujarat unit after a meeting today also decided that the state chief minister may fight from Ahmedabad East, Vadodara or a surprise third seat.
Party veteran LK Advani will seek re-election from Gandhinagar and not from Bhopal, as the grapevine was doing the rounds. It is now possible that Subramanian Swamy, whose name was being considered from New Delhi could ultimately go to Bhopal.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. PTI
These details are likely to be finalised in the Central Election Committee meeting on Wednesday.
Earlier in the day, it was decided that the state party unit will strongly recommend that Modi should also contest from his home state too as it is the "wish and demand of people of Gujarat as well as party workers". The decision to make these recommendations to the party's central leadership was taken by the state parliamentary board, which met in Gandhinagar today at Modi's residence.
"Out of the 26 seats of the state, we have finalised panel of three names (each) for 25 seats, barring only one constituency of Gandhinagar. On the Gandhinagar seat we have recommended party leader L K Advaniji," state BJP general secretary Vijay Rupani. There were speculations that BJP may field Modi from Gandhinagar and like senior leader Murli Manohar Joshi, Advani would also be told the fight elections from another seat. Advani had earlier staked his claim for the seat, from where he has successfully contested and won five times.
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