Madhya Pradesh New CM: The ongoing suspense regarding the next Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh is likely to end on Monday. 163 newly elected MLAs of BJP will choose their leader in a meeting on Monday in the presence of central observers. A party official gave this information. on 17th November Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections In the elections, the results of which were declared last Sunday, the BJP won 163 of the 230 seats, while the Congress came second with 66 seats.
Who is the supervisor?
The party on Friday invited Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, along with its OBC ‘morcha’ chief K., to elect its legislature party leader in Madhya Pradesh. Laxman and Secretary Asha Lakra were appointed as Central Observers. Madhya Pradesh BJP media cell chief Ashish Aggarwal told PTI on Saturday, “The central observer will preside over the meeting of party MLAs on Monday.” He said that after finalizing the schedule of the meeting, it would be shared with the media. Will go.
The meeting is likely to start at 5 pm on Monday
Party sources said that the meeting is likely to start any time between 5 pm and 7 pm on Monday. He said that the meeting was earlier scheduled to be held on Sunday, but due to the busy schedule of the observers, it was postponed to Monday. Sources said that the observers are likely to reach Madhya Pradesh on Sunday evening or Monday morning. This is the third time in the last 19 years that BJP is sending a central observer to Madhya Pradesh.
Rajnath Singh had given the responsibility to Shivraj Singh Chauhan
In August 2004, when Uma Bharti resigned as Chief Minister, senior party leaders Pramod Mahajan and Arun Jaitley were sent to the state as central observers. In November 2005, when Babulal Gaur resigned from the top post in the state, Rajnath Singh was sent as a central observer to help the MLAs elect the new chief minister. At that time Shivraj Singh Chauhan was elected the leader of the legislative party. This time, the saffron party contested the assembly elections without projecting sitting Chief Minister Chouhan as the chief ministerial face.
Name of Chief Ministerial candidate not declared
This happened after 20 years that the party did not declare the name of its chief ministerial candidate before the elections in Madhya Pradesh. According to party insiders, this time the BJP may focus on some other backward class (OBC) leader in place of Chauhan, who has been the BJP’s longest serving Chief Minister in India, leaving behind a gap of 15 months. Chauhan is also the longest serving Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
Prahlad Patel is leading in the race for the post of Chief Minister!
In such a situation, Prahlad Patel, who comes from the Lodhi community, can be the frontrunner in the race for the post of Chief Minister. He has been elected from Narsinghpur assembly seat and has resigned from the post of Union Minister. Lodhi is part of the OBC community. Given the fact that the OBC population in Madhya Pradesh is more than 48 per cent, the BJP leadership has gone with OBC leaders for top posts in the state since 2003. Earlier he had put forward Uma Bharti who is a Lodhi. A year later, the party placed its bet on another OBC, Babulal Gaur, and then in 2004 on Chauhan.
Prahlad Patel met Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Meanwhile, Prahlad Patel was here on Friday and met Shivraj Singh Chouhan after reaching the state assembly complex and the Chief Minister’s residence. According to party insiders, Kailash Vijayvargiya and BJP state chief VD Sharma are among the other possible candidates. The name of Narendra Tomar is also in discussion for the post of Chief Minister, who has been elected from Dimani and has resigned from the post of Union Minister. The four bigwigs Patel, Tomar, Vijayvargiya and VD Sharma have already met Home Minister and BJP’s master strategist Amit Shah in New Delhi. He also met BJP President J.P. Nadda. These leaders have publicly denied that they are in the race to become Chief Minister.
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