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BJP to send top leaders to Gujarat, Himachal for deciding on CMs

BJP to send top leaders to Gujarat, Himachal for deciding on CMs

| @indiablooms | 19 Dec 2017, 12:33 pm

New Delhi, Dec 19 (IBNS): After retaining Gujarat and sweeping Himachal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will send its top leaders to both the states to take calls on Chief Ministers, media reports said.

Though incumbent Chief Minister Vijay Rupani was BJP's face in Gujarat poll, he remained mum on Monday when asked about his next term as the CM, leading to the speculations of surfacing a new name. However, according to media reports, Rupani continues to be the front runner to become the CM again.

BJP fought the Himachal election keeping Prem Kumar Dhumal as their Chief Ministerial candidate but the senior leader's defeat gave the saffron party a task to choose a CM.

Health Minister JP Nadda said leaders like Arun Jaitley and Saroj Pandey will go to Gujarat while Nirmala Sitharaman and Narendra Singh Tomar to travel to Himachal to meet the MLAs of the respective states to decide on CMs, NDTV reported.

The BJP, riding on Narendra Modi's charismatic rhetoric, retained Gujarat for the sixth term but was restricted to only 99 seats, lowest since 1995. Congress got 80 seats.

Himachal has been snatched by the BJP from Congress where the Modi wave swept 44 in a 68-member Assmbly as opposed to Congress' 21.


Image: twitter.com/BJP4India

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