The BJP's legislature party in Uttarakhand and Goa is expected to meet on Monday to elect new Chief Ministers of two States. The BJP on Sunday decided that Biren Singh will lead its government for the second time in Manipur.
The marathon meetings to decide Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand and Goa continued here as Prime Minister Narendra Modi huddled with top party leaders Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and J P Nadda to discuss candidatures of different chief ministerial contenders.The meeting also deliberated on likely composition of Yogi Adityanath dispensation in Uttar Pradesh. According to sources, Shah, who is also an observer for the UP, will be reaching Lucknow to work out composition of UP council of Ministers.
Eleven UP Ministers have lost their elections besides former Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and leadership seeks to finalise list of cabinet with several "new and young faces" while retaining old ones including those losing their assembly seats, sources said. Uttarakhand seems to be most difficult state eluding a consensus on Chief Ministership with several claimants to post including ex-state ministers Satpal Maharaj, (also a former Congressnan) and Dhan Singh Rawat. The caretaker CM Pushker Dhami, who lost his assembly election, is also reportedly in the reckoning.
Dhami along with State chief Madan Kaushik on Sunday met Shah. Uttarakhand legislature party is expected to meet on Monday where a decision regarding new State Chief Minister may be taken. There were reports of walkouts and discontent in the BJP meets. In Goa, the BJP state leaders will meet Governor on Monday and stake a claim to form next government, according to state unit president Sadanand Shet Tanavade.
The much-delayed Goa BJP legislature party meeting will also be held on Monday to select leader of House, who will be next chief minister."Our national President J P Nadda has said that legislature party meeting has to be taken tomorrow.
The central party observers Narendra Singh Tomar and L Murugan are coming to Goa and along with them our Goa election incharge Devendra Fadnavis along with All India General Secretary CT Ravi are coming tomorrow," said Tanavade.
The caretaker Goa CM Pramod Sawant is pitted against another hot contender Vishwajeet Rane, a former State minister whose wife too is a BJP MLA. Eom