Chhattisgarh BJP MLAs to meet in Raipur; suspense over CM could end

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A key meeting of the BJP’s newly-elected 54 MLAs in Chhattisgarh to pick the legislative party leader will be held here on Sunday which is likely to end the suspense over who will be the next Chief Minister.

Speculations are doing rounds on who will get to don the mantle of the Chief Minister in view of the BJP contesting the recent polls without declaring any CM face.

“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,” BJP state unit President Arun Sao told reporters on Saturday.

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BJP’s Chhattisgarh in-charge Om Mathur, Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya and party co-incharge for the state Nitin Nabin will also attend, he added.

Mr. Mathur landed at the Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur on Saturday evening.

Asked about the meeting of BJP MLAs, Mathur said, “Our party's observers are coming and we are waiting for the decision they take (at the meeting on Sunday)."