(Hindustan)
The BJP is yet to officially name its chief ministers for three states – Uttar Pradesh, Goa and Uttarakhand – even after 10 days of the poll results giving the BJP a clear majority in all these states and several rounds of consultations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired a meeting with Union home minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda in New Delhi to discuss the ongoing exercise for government formation in the four states where the BJP came back to power in the recently concluded Assembly elections.
The saffron camp is yet to officially name its chief ministers for three of these states – Uttar Pradesh, Goa and Uttarakhand – even after 10 days of the poll results giving the BJP a clear majority in all these states and several rounds of consultations. Earlier in the day, N Biren Singh was made the Manipur chief minister for a second straight term after he was unanimously elected the leader of the BJP legislature party. According to reports, newly elected BJP MLAs will choose their leaders on Monday in Uttarakhand and Goa where incumbents Pushkar Singh Dhami and Pramod Sawant have so far been seen as favourites. Sawant said a decision on the swearing-in ceremony in the coastal state will be taken on Monday evening. According to reports, the Goa BJP will stake claim to form the government tomorrow after a meeting of the legislature party.
