The speculation over who takes over the mantle of BJP’s Chhattisgarh unit may end by January 19 when Chief Minister Raman Singh will return here from New Delhi after holding consultations with the senior party leaders.
Singh left for New Delhi on Thursday by a scheduled flight for meeting the senior party leaders to discuss a wide range of party issues including the selection of the BJP's State unit president during his two-day stay in the national capital, party sources here informed. The State BJP chief’s post is currently being retained by Ramsevak Paikra who was included in the State Cabinet after the party secured a hat-trick win the recently concluded Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh, sources informed.
Sources stated this time round the party’s State unit chief might be chosen from either the women’s wing or a tribal leader of the party. The senior party leaders in the State have already held several meetings last months to prepare a list of potential candidates for the party’s State unit Chief’s post.
Earlier, the name of senior party leader Gaurishankar Agrawal was being discussed but he was elected as the Speaker of the Chhattisgarh Assembly, sources informed. Sources said that the name of former Minister lata Usendi and also the National president of BJP Mahila Morcha Saroj Pandey is also floating in the party circles for the State BJP chief’s post. The decision of Chief Minister Raman Singh in the choice of the party’s State chief would be final after he holds consultations with the senior BJP leaders in New Delhi, sources informed.