India: BJP CEC meets to finalise Karnataka poll candidates

New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) The BJP Central Election Committee (CEC) held an over three-hour meeting on Sunday to finalise the party's candidates for the Karnataka assembly polls scheduled for May 10.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah, BJP president J P Nadda and other members of the CEC were joined by senior party leaders, including Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, from the state as they deliberated on the names of probable candidates.

Bommai said after the meeting that PM Modi has given some "directions" and the candidates' names will be announced either on Monday or Tuesday.