The Parliamentary Board of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday announced two central observers, hours ahead of the legislature party meeting in the national capital to elect a new Delhi Chief Minister.
Ravi Shankar Prasad, a Lok Sabha MP and former Union Minister, and Om Prakash Dhankhar, the BJP’s national secretary, will oversee the proceedings as the BJP MLAs elect the new Chief Minister at the legislature party meeting this evening.
All eyes are on the party meeting, slated to take place at the party’s state unit at Pant Marg around 7 p.m. The 48 BJP legislators will choose the new Chief Minister of Delhi.
Once selected, the leader will head to Raj Niwas, where he will meet Governor V.K. Saxena and stake his claim to forming the next government.
The new Chief Minister will take the oath at a grand swearing-in ceremony at the city’s iconic Ramlila Maidan at noon on Thursday. The oath of office and secrecy will be administered by L-G Saxena, in the presence of top BJP brass on the dais.
Earlier in the day, the BJP Parliamentary Board met under the chairmanship of PM Modi and decided on the names of Ravi Shankar Prasad and Om Prakash Dhankhar as the ‘observers’ for the legislature party meeting.
In the recently held Assembly elections, the BJP stormed to power by securing victory in 48 out of 70 constituencies, while the AAP suffered a rout with 22 seats. The Congress failed to win any seats for the third consecutive time.
