BJP election committee likely to meet tomorrow for Delhi polls strategy

With 23 days left for Delhi Assembly elections, BJP's Election Committee is likely to hold its first meeting tomorrow to strategise its campaign. The 21-member Committee, headed by Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay, will discuss election preparations and how to reach out to voters.

"The party's Election Committee may convene its first meeting tomorrow in which members will chalk out a foolproof plan to ensure victory for the BJP," said a senior party leader.

The committee comprises all the seven Delhi MPs --Harsh Vardhan, Meenakshi Lekhi, Pravesh Sahib Singh Verma, Udit Raj, Manoj Tiwari, Ramesh Bidhuri and Mahesh Girri. Apart from these MPs, Rajya Sabha member and former Delhi BJP president Vijay Goel, senior party leader Jagdish Mukhi, Vijay Kumar Malhotra, councillor Ashish Sood, Vijendra Gupta, Mange Ram Garg, Kamal Jeet Sehrawat are among the leaders who have been included in the Election Committee.

In last Assembly polls in Delhi in 2013 December, BJP had bagged 31 seats in addition to one by its ally SAD, falling short of a simple majority in the 70-member House. AAP had won in 28 seats, followed by eight of Congress.