New Delhi:
It has been two days for the reason that BJP scored a thumping victory within the Delhi election, ending the AAP’s decade-long rule within the capital. With the BJP management but to announce its Chief Minister selection, a number of names are doing the rounds. Amongst them are some who usually are not MLAs. Amid the suspense, sources within the occasion have mentioned the subsequent Delhi Chief Minister will probably be from among the many MLAs.
A frontrunner for the highest submit is Parvesh Verma, who has emerged as a large slayer after he defeated AAP nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal within the New Delhi seat. A former two-time MP from West Delhi, he’s the son of former Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma. Different names doing the rounds are former Delhi BJP chief and newly elected Malviya Nagar MLA Satish Upadhyay, senior occasion chief Vijender Gupta, newly elected Janakpuri MLA Ashish Sood and Uttam Nagar legislator Pawan Sharma. However the BJP is thought to spring a shock and defy predictions in terms of selections for the highest submit.
Sources have now mentioned {that a} girl MLA is also thought-about for the highest submit. Among the many BJP’s 48 newly elected legislators are 4 ladies — Neelam Pahalwan, Rekha Gupta, Poonam Sharma and Shikha Roy. Neelam Pahalwan has been elected the primary girl MLA from Najafgarh seat, Rekha Gupta is a former Delhi College College students’ Union president, Poonam Sharma has gained in Wazirpur and Shikha Roy defeated senior AAP chief and former minister Saurabh Bharadwaj.
Based on the sources, the BJP would additionally think about caste equations and will go for an MLA from the Scheduled Caste. 4 of the BJP MLAs are from the Scheduled Caste — Raj Kumar Chauhan, elected in Mangolpuri, Ravikant Ujjain (Trilokpuri), Ravinder Indraj Singh (Bawana) and Kailash Gangwal (Madipur).
Hours after the BJP gained 48 seats within the 70-member Meeting and restricted AAP to 22, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, House Minister Amit Shah and occasion chief JP Nadda mentioned the street forward. The subsequent day, Mr Nadda met Mr Shah at this residence to debate the federal government formation. The Prime Minister is leaving for the US in the present day and BJP sources have mentioned the swearing-in ceremony of the brand new Chief Minister is prone to be held after his return. To mark its capital comeback after 26 years, the BJP will organise a grand oath occasion, the sources mentioned. Chief Ministers of all NDA-ruled states are prone to be invited to the ceremony.
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