Delhi CM suspense continues: The suspense over who will take over as the chief minister of Delhi continues, two days after the Delhi election result declared the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the winner. On Tuesday, 10 Delhi BJP leaders, including Anil Sharma, Shikha Roy, Satish Upadhyay, Arvinder Singh Lovely, Vijendra Gupta, Ajay Mahawar, Rekha Gupta, Kapil Mishra, Kulwant Rana and Dr Anil Goyal, paid a courtesy call to BJP National President JP Nadda in Parliament.
Several source-based reports have mentioned that the Delhi BJP is likely to pick a woman chief minister, while others say that the saffron party might take the ‘Purvanchali’ route for their CM pick.
Further, a section of BJP leaders on Monday sought that the new chief minister of Delhi should be chosen from the elected BJP MLAs.
The BJP is going to form its government in Delhi, following its victory in the Assembly polls held on February 5. The saffron party has ousted the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) from power, winning 48 of the 70 seats in the election, the results of which were announced on Saturday.
A source-based report by News18 claimed that the Delhi chief minister would be declared and sworn in only after Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned from his foreign visit. The PM landed in Paris on Monday. After completing his two-day visit to Paris, PM Modi will head to the United States to meet President Donald Trump. The PM will return to India after February 13.
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The BJP has returned to power in the national capital after a gap of more than 26 years, breaking the political dominance of the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP for 10 years.
Among the newly elected MLAs, the names of Parvesh Verma, the BJP’s Jat face in the capital who defeated Kejriwal from the New Delhi seat, and former Delhi BJP presidents Vijender Gupta and Satish Upadhya have been cited as frontrunners for the chief minister’s chair. Other probables for the post include senior leaders Ashish Sood and Pawan Sharma, elected from Janakpuri and Uttam Nagar, respectively.
Some leaders feel the party may also place its bets on women legislators like Rekha Gupta and Shikha Rai. Laxmi Nagar MLA Abhay Verma, a Purvanchali leader, is also among the contenders for the top post.
