Rejecting the demand for a tribal Chief Minister in Chhattisgarh, the BJP national general secretary and party State in-charge JP Nadda said that Raman Singh would continue as Chief Minister next time also.
Ahead of the State BJP office-bearers and core group meeting, replying to a question on the demand from a section of party for a tribal CM, Nadda said the next election would be fought under the leadership of Raman Singh and he would be the Chief Minister.
Terming the demand for a tribal CM natural Rajya Sabha member Nandkumar Sai said that Chhattisgarh State was formed only for the tribals. In this regard CM Raman Singh said that the organisation would decide who would be the Chief Minister.
In the meeting of the State office-bearers held here on Saturday, discussion was held on the working of the party organisation, including the lifetime association fund, in the presence of national general secretary and State in-charge Jagat Prakash Nadda and joint general secretary Saudan Singh.
At first the meeting of State office-bearers was held and then the joint meeting of district presidents and office-bearers. Emphasis was given in these meetings to ensure participation of party workers in the scheduled Vikas Yatra from August 17.
In the meeting, information was also given about the meetings of national leaders.
State president of the party Ramsevak Paikra, national president of Mahila Morcha Saroj Pandey, MP Ramesh Bais and other office-bearers were present in the meeting.