NEW DELHI: The BJP on Friday released its second list of 28 candidates for the upcoming Telangana Assembly elections and to be held on December 7.
The second list of candidates for 24 seats in the election to the 40-member Mizoram Assembly on was also released for the November 28 polls.
The saffron party released its first list of 38 nominees for the 119-seat assembly for Telangana and 13 nominees for Mizoram on October 20.
Its is expected that the third list of 53 candidates will be released after Diwali for Telangana, while the remaining candidates for Mizoram election will also be released soon.
The Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party met under the Presidentship of Mr Amit Shah.
The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and all other members of the Central Election Committee of the BJP.
The gazette notification for the elections will be issued on November 12 and the last date for filing nominations is November 19.
The BJP in Telangana will be fighting elections on the poll plank of zero Value Added Tax (VAT) on fuel and regulation of liquor shop timings, among other promises.
The saffron party does not plan to ban alcohol but only regulate its timings. ''All liquor and wine shops will work only between 1000 hrs to 1800 hrs and will work only five days in a week,'' the source said.
The BJP also plans to bring down VAT to 0 per cent.
In Mizoram, it has so far fielded the largest number of six women candidates. The Zoram Pepole's Movement fielded two women candidates, while the ruling Congress announced Minister of State for Cooperation Vanlalawmpuii Chawngthu as the lone woman nominee of the party.
There is no woman aspirant in the Mizo National Front's 39 nominees.