BJP likely to be asked to form Government in Delhi
Lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung has reportedly sought approval from President Pranab Mukherjee to welcome the single largest party. Accordingly the President is also believed to have forwarded the recommendation to the Union Home Ministry, sources said.
With 29 legislators, BJP had emerged as the single largest party in the Delhi Assembly elections in December last year throwing up a fractured verdict with no party achieving the required majority to form the government.
Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which came second, had formed the government with support from the Congress but resigned on February 14 after 49 days in power. The AAP government had stepped down after failing to push their pet anti-corruption Jan Lokpal Bill.
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