Currently with the announcement of the first Tribal chief minister in chhattisgarh vishnu Deo Sai and a young OBC candidate Mohan Yadav in Madhya Pradesh, all eyes are now on rajasthan as the bharatiya janata party is likely to scotch the suspense over the name of the its player for the top position in the desert state. The name of the cm candidate in rajasthan is likely to be announced on tuesday as Union minister Rajnath Singh, party general secretary Vinod Tawde and rajya sabha MP Saroj Pande will convene the legislative meeting of newly-elected MLAs.
The MLAs were informed on monday about the meeting of the legislative party, where the BJP’s central leadership is likely to end days of suspense after the party won the assembly election. bjp mla Jogeshwar Garg said the observers appointed for the legislative party meeting will come to jaipur tomorrow and hold one-on-one talks with the MLAs in the morning.
As far as rajasthan politics is concerned, former cm Vasundhara Raje is seen as one of the strongest challengers for the top post. Other names in the race are baba Balaknath, diya Kumari, and Kirodi Lal Meena. The bjp on sunday picked vishnu Deo Sai, a prominent tribal leader, as the next chief minister of chhattisgarh, ending the suspense over who will helm the state which the saffron party wrested from congress in recent polls. Sai (59) was elected as the BJP’s legislative party leader at a meeting of 54 newly-elected MLAs held at the party’s state headquarters here in the afternoon, a party functionary said.
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