And with barely a day to go for the crucial meet, ticket-seekers, including former MP Maheshwar Singh, MLA Rajan Sushant; Dr Rajeev Bhardwaj, a close aide of former CM Shanta Kumar; Virender Kashyap and H N Kashyap, have shifted base to Delhi.

In charge, state BJP affairs, Satya Pal Jain said: “The state committee would hand over the final list of names to the national committee for a decision. If consensus does not emerge, more than one name for each parliamentary constituency would be forwarded.”

The candidature of Anurag Thakur, the sitting MP, has already been declared from Hamirpur.

Two names each for the three seats — Shimla, Mandi and Kangra, are doing the rounds. While Virender Kashyap and H N Kashyap are pitched against each other for the Shimla seat, Dr. Rajan Sushant and Dr. Rajeev Bhardwaj are being considered for Kangra. For Mandi, the choice is between Maheshwar Singh and state BJP president Jai Ram Thakur, who is reported to be reluctant to leave the state turf. Shanta Kumar’s word is likely to have a bearing on the name for Kangra seat, which means good news for Dr Bhardwaj.