Name: BJP likely to decide on Modi's UP seat; dissent over Sriramulu remains
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Description: Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj has tweeted saying Sriramulu's induction happened despite her objections.

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New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party's Central Election Committee will meet on Saturday morning to decide on its fourth list of Lok Sabha candidates. But ahead of that crucial meet, the dissent within the party sparked by former BSR Congress Chief B Sriramulu rejoining the party, is now public. 
 
Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj has tweeted saying his induction happened despite her objections. "I want to make it absolutely clear that B Sriramulu has been admitted in the party despite my stiff opposition," she tweeted. 
 
She had opposed the induction due to Sriramulu's close association with jailed mining baron Janardhan Reddy. Sources say that Sushma Swaraj, LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi are reportedly upset over being sidelined within the party. 
 
Sriramulu had earlier left the party and formed the BSR Congress after differences with the BJP leadership. 
 
Sriramulu is being seen as a frontrunner to contest on a BJP ticket from Bellary. Sriramulu has, however, downplayed rift. He told CNN-IBN that Sushma is like his mother. 
 
The BJP, meanwhile, will come out with its next list of Lok Sabha candidates on Saturday. Sushma Swaraj met Nitin Gadkari and Arun Jaitley ahead of its CEC meeting today. 
 
At the CEC meeting, a decision could be announced on the party's Prime Ministerial nominee Narendra Modi's possible candidature from Varanasi. 
 
Sources say that Murli Manohar Joshi could be asked to contest from Kanpur. The party is also considering Lucknow seat for party president Rajnath Singh. 
 
A decision could also be announced on the candidature of Arun Jaitley from Amritsar. Sources say that sitting Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu has asked for a Rajya Sabha berth.

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BJP likely to decide on Modi's UP seat; dissent over Sriramulu remains