There are speculations about who will be the new leader of the BJP legislature Party (BJPlP).
A new BJPlP leader will be chosen at the meeting as the previous incumbent Basant Panda has, meanwhile, been elected as the BJP State president.Choice of a new BJPlP leader is urgent as the Budget Session of the State Assembly is scheduled to begin from March 15.
Former party State president Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo, who was one of the ones speculated to be the BJPlP leader, on Saturday said he is not in the race. He has informed about his decision to the party State in-charge (Pravari) Arun Singh, he added.
Basant Panda told reporters that the new BJPlP leader would be elected at a meeting, yet not scheduled, in the presence of a central party observer. The issue of BJPlP leader election would not come up at the joint meeting of the party State executive and BJPlP on Sunday, he added.
The BJPlP has ten members.