Bharatiya Janata Party has offered a balance to various groups and communities in its list of candidates for the Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2013 to be held in November.
Out of 67, 23  are from Scheduled Tribes, 09 from Scheduled Castes and 17 from various backward classes.
The Party has given tickets to 20 new Candidates in the first list of 67 Candidates released today. It has 6 Women in the list of Candidates.
The List of Candidates was finalized in a meeting  held under the presidentship of BJP chief Rajnath Singh  and  attended by L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Sushma Swaraj and Narendra Modi.
Party general secretary Ananth Kumar told reporters that the CEC has authorised Rajnath Singh to select the remaining 23 candidates in consultation with Chief Minister Raman Singh.
BJP general secretary and incharge of the party’s Chattissgarh affairs, J P Nadda said the list will be finalised in another two-three days. Among the remaining aspirants are 15 sitting MLAs.