Is BJP considering women candidates for Delhi CM post? Speculations are rife amid party's brainstorming sessions
New Delhi/IBNS: It has been two days since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) registered a thumping victory in the Delhi election and the party is yet to announce its chief ministerial candidate paving the way for speculations.
Ending the AAP's decade-long rule in the capital, the BJP returned to power in Delhi after 26 years bagging 48 seats in the 70-member Assembly
With the BJP leadership yet to announce its CM candidate, several names are doing the rounds. Among them are some who are not MLAs.
Amid the suspense, sources in the party have said the next Delhi Chief Minister will be from among the MLAs.
New Delhi MLA Parvesh Verma is being seen as the frontrunner for the post after he defeated AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal.
A former two-time MP from West Delhi, Verma was denied a parliamentary election ticket last year.
He took on Kejriwal in a seat he had won thrice in a row and defeated him by 4,000 votes. He is the son of former Delhi Chief Minister, late Sahib Singh Verma.
However, NDTV quoting sources have now said that a woman MLA could also be considered for the top post.
Among the BJP's 48 newly elected legislators are four women- Neelam Pahalwan, Rekha Gupta, Poonam Sharma and Shikha Roy.
Neelam Pahalwan has been elected the first woman MLA from Najafgarh seat, Rekha Gupta is a former Delhi University Students' Union president, Poonam Sharma has won in Wazirpur and Shikha Roy defeated senior AAP leader and former minister Saurabh Bharadwaj.
Besides them, the BJP would also consider caste equations and may opt for an MLA from the Scheduled Caste. Four 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 BJP's massive win, PM Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and BJP president JP Nadda held a discussion over the government formation in the national capital.
The swearing-in ceremony, which is set to be a grand affair, will be held after PM Modi's return from the US.
According to reports, the Chief Ministers of all NDA-ruled states will be invited for the same.
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