The BJP Parliamentary Board met on Sunday night and appointed senior leaders M Venkaiah Naidu and Bhupendra Yadav as observers for UP and Narendra Tomar and Saroj Pandey as observers for Uttarakhand.
The Board appointed party leaders Piyush Goyal and Vinay Sahasrabuddhe as observers for Manipur.
Senior party leader and Union Minister JP Nadda said after the meeting that party president Amit Shah has been authorised by the Parliamentary Board to take the final decisions on the selection of Chief Ministers of the respective States after observers submit their respective reports.
The Board was presided by party president Amit Shah and attended by senior member of the BJP who are members of the Board. Prime Minister Narendra Modi who
also attended the meeting welcomed Shah and through him thanked “lakhs of workers” who toiled for the success of the party in the five States.
The names talked around for the chief ministership of UP include Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, the tallest leader of the BJP in the State. Rajnath has been the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in the year 2000.
However, the big question is whether he is ready to swipe Union Home Ministry for the CM post or notIJ
The current Uttar Pradesh BJP unit president and a senior party leader, Keshav Prasad Maurya, an OBC, has been one of the most talked names for the post of Chief Minster even before the beginning of the polls. He is also known to be close to the party president Amit Shah.
The BJP’s outspoken face in Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath also has his name on the list of probable for the post of UP Chief Minister. A prominent figure of Purvanchal, he has been representing the lok Sabha constituency of Gorakhpur since 1998.
Another strong contender could be Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Telecom and Railways, Manoj Sinha . He currently is the Member of Parliament from Ghazipur constituency.
For Uttarakhand Satpal Maharaj, a Congress leader who switched sides to BJP, is one of the hot contenders.