Who Should Be Made The chief minister Of Delhi?
Amid speculations about the contenders for the post of chief minister of delhi, a section of bharatiya janata party leaders on monday said that the selection for this top post should be done from among the newly elected mlas of the party. After winning the assembly elections held on february 5, bjp is going to form its government in Delhi. In the results declared on Saturday, the party won 48 out of 70 seats and ousted the aam aadmi party from power. bjp mp from North-West delhi Yogendra Chandolia told the media that the new chief minister should be selected from among the newly elected mlas of the party. He said that there are many capable leaders among the newly elected mlas, including two former presidents of the state bjp, a national secretary of the party and many former state officials, who have long political experience.
What did the senior leaders say?
Another senior leader of the delhi unit of bjp also advocated making one of the newly elected mlas the chief minister, saying that this would respect the mandate of the party. Citing the example of senior bjp leader Vijay Kumar Malhotra, he said that in the past also senior leaders of the party have set such examples. The senior leader said that Malhotra was a lok sabha member when he was declared the chief ministerial candidate of the party for the 2008 delhi assembly elections.
When will the process of government formation begin?
However, after the defeat of bjp in that election, he opted to become the leader of the opposition in the assembly instead of remaining a Member of Parliament. bjp leaders said that the process of government formation will begin after prime minister Narendra Modi returns from his foreign trip around february 15. BJP's delhi unit president Virendra Sachdeva on sunday sought time from the Lieutenant governor for a meeting with party mlas. He said that the date of the bjp Legislature party meeting to elect the leader of the house in the delhi assembly has not been decided yet. bjp has returned to power in delhi after 27 years. The party broke the 10-year political dominance of Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP. Speculations have intensified about who bjp will choose for the post of Chief Minister.
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