BJP likely to unveil first list of Lok Sabha candidates on February 27

BJP is likely to come out with its first list of Lok Sabha candidates on February 27 when the party’s top leadership discuss the possible candidates at a meeting of the Central Election Committee in New Delhi. “First election comm(ittee) meeting is on 27th February,” BJP leader Arun Jaitley said on Twitter, adding that “hopefully that day” the party will come out with its first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls. [caption id=“attachment_1380359” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  With two months to go for elections, we are very close to achieving Mission 272+. Some expansion of allies possible," Jaitley said[/caption] Senior party leaders, including L K Advani, Rajnath Singh, Narendra Modi, Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, Murli Manohar Joshi besides others, who are part of the panel, will meet in New Delhi to discuss and finalise the party’s list of candidates. Sources said the party will finalise the seats for its top leaders and some seats where the candidates are strong and there is no dispute on them. Interacting with the public on social networking site Twitter, Jaitley also answered a host of queries posed to him where he expressed the hope that some expansion of NDA allies was possible but BJP was aiming to achieve the 272-plus figure and claimed it was close to it. “With two months to go for elections, we are very close to achieving Mission 272+. Some expansion of allies possible,” he said in another reply on Twitter. Jaitley also said the party would get a “record number” of seats in Uttar Pradesh and “certainly double digit and may be a lot more” in West Bengal. PTI