The BJP could have a key breakthrough in Chhattisgarh the place the occasion registered a shock victory in opposition to Congress. Since the announcement of election outcomes on December 3, the occasion has failed to choose up a Chief Ministerial candidate with a number of contenders vying for the publish. The BJP appointed observers for the state earlier this week to make sure that no factional feud takes place throughout the occasion. The three observers are Union Ministers Arjun (*54*), Sarbananda Sonowal and occasion basic secretary Dushyant Gautam.
According to stories, the BJP could go for an OBC or a tribal chief minister if it does not decide occasion stalwart Raman Singh, who served as CM thrice from 2003 to 2018. The transfer to choose an OBC or tribal CM is a part of the BJP’s technique for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Among the important thing potentical CM candidates are Vishnu Deo, Renuka Singh, state BJP chief Arun Sao, Gomti Sai, who resigned as MPs after being elected as an MLA, former state ministers Ramvichar Netam and Lata Usendi, and bureaucrat-turned-politician O P Choudhary.
While Arun Sao and O P Choudhary are from Other Backward Classes (OBC), Vishnu Deo, Renuka Singh, Ramvichar Netam, Lata Usendi, and Gomti Sai are contenders from the tribal group. Picking a lady CM could give the BJP a weapon in opposition to the All India Trinamool Congress led by Mamata Banerjee which claims to have solely lady CM within the nation.
Now, the 54 newly-elected MLAs will meet in Raipur at this time to choose the legislative occasion chief within the presence of the three observers. Rumours abound relating to who will assume the position of the chief minister, provided that the BJP participated within the latest elections with out formally saying any candidate for the CM place. BJP’s Chhattisgarh in-charge Om Mathur, Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya and occasion co-incharge for the state Nitin Nabin will probably be attending the MLAs assembly.
“The BJP’s legislative party meeting will take place on Sunday. The party’s three observers – Union ministers Arjun Munda and Sarbananda Sonowal, and party general secretary Dushyant Kumar Gautam – will be present,” mentioned BJP state unit president Arun Sao yesterday.
In the just lately held state meeting elections, the BJP gained 54 of the 90 seats and the Congress 35. The Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP) managed to win one seat. (With company inputs)
