One of the BJP's strategies is that if the list of candidates is published before the election date is announced, they will immediately start working in their respective constituencies.

The bjp, which is planning to form the government for the third time, has devised various strategies including getting the views of the sitting MPs, getting the views of the volunteers at the grassroots level, discussing with the voters in their constituencies and removing the anti-incumbency mentality.

Some people present at yesterday's meeting said that the bjp wants to release some of its candidates without including the nda alliance parties, before the election dates are announced, in order to put pressure on the All india Alliance of Opposition parties, which is yet to complete seat-sharing talks in various states.

It seems that in the early morning meeting of the bjp top brass, the focus was on the candidates in the hindi speaking states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, as well as prime minister Modi's home state of Gujarat. Similarly, southern states like Kerala, where the bjp has no influence, and Telangana, where the congress won the last assembly elections, have also been discussed.

Alliance talks are pending in other states including Andhra Pradesh, punjab and tamil Nadu. bjp is trying to rekindle ties with Akali Dal in punjab and AIADMK in tamil Nadu. Meanwhile, the bjp will have to choose between the ruling congress PARTY' target='_blank' title='ysr congress-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW">ysr congress Party and the TDP-Jana Sena alliance in Andhra Pradesh.

It seems that the names of prime minister Modi and amit shah will be included in the BJP's initial list of candidates. It seems that prime minister Modi will contest again in varanasi, which has been a stronghold of the bjp since 1991 (Congress won only in 2004). In 2014 and 2019 elections, prime minister Modi won the varanasi constituency by a landslide. He won the first election by a margin of 3.7 lakh votes and the second election by a margin of almost 4.8 lakh votes.

At the same time, speculations have arisen that priyanka gandhi may be fielded as the prime ministerial candidate on behalf of india Alliance to prevent her hat-trick victory. Earlier, it was expected that bihar Chief minister Nitish Kumar might be fielded as the prime ministerial candidate. However, he broke the india alliance and joined the bjp alliance.

Priyanka Gandhi's election politics is long awaited. It was expected that he will see the field in 2019 as well. But he avoided it. Even now, his arrival is not confirmed. Meanwhile, congress president sonia Gandhi's withdrawal from the congress stronghold of Raebareli has raised expectations on Priyanka.

Amit Shah is likely to contest from Gujarat's Gandhinagar constituency. Gujarat's gandhi Nagar is the constituency that has sent bjp stalwarts like LK Advani and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to the lok sabha since 1989. amit shah contested from this constituency in 2019 lok sabha elections and won by a margin of 5.5 lakh votes.