The BJP on Wednesday said that decision for Chief Ministerial candidate for Delhi Assembly polls will be finalised by the party’s Parliamentary Board. Former BJP president and party incharge for Delhi polls Nitin Gadkari said that BJP has not selected any leader as its CM candidate for Delhi Assembly elections as yet.
“Whatever decision is taken on the issue will be finalised by the Parliamentary Board,” Gadkari said. The statement by Gadkari came following speculation that the central leadership of the party had narrowed down its choice of Chief Ministerial candidate to Harsh Vardhan, a former Minister who has a clean image and wide acceptability among the Delhi BJP stalwarts.
Sources in the party said a number of senior Delhi leaders have conveyed to the Central leadership their unhappiness over the style of functioning of city BJP chief Vijay Goel. They said a sizable number of party leaders have last week conveyed to the Central leadership that the party must have a Chief Ministerial face to take on formidable Congress incumbent Sheila Dikshit.