RAIPUR: Opposition BJP on Saturday shortlisted five names and sent them to the party's central election committee which will take a final call on the official candidate for Bhanupratappur byelection in Chhattisgarh slated for December 5.
Talking to media post the state election committee meeting held at BJP’s state office Kusabhau Thakre Parisar in Chhattisgarh’s state capital Raipur on Saturday, party state president Arun Sao said that the four-member committee of observers — comprising former Union minister Ramvichar Netam, MLA Shivratan Sharma, MP Rajnandgaon Santosh Pandey and Dhamtari MLA Ranjana Sahu — submitted its report to the state election committee, recommending 17 names.
