New Delhi, March 12 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held a key meeting of its Central Election Committee (CEC) on Thursday to deliberate on candidate selection and overall strategy for the upcoming West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections.

According to sources, the meeting involved extensive discussions on around 160 Assembly constituencies across the state. During the deliberations, the party is learnt to have finalised candidates for nearly 145 seats, out of 294 assembly seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, marking significant progress in the selection process.

Sources indicated that most of the sitting MLAs are likely to be renominated, with the leadership inclined to give another opportunity to several incumbents who had...