BJP deputes observers to decide leadership in 3 key states
The BJP lost Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to Congress in the assembly elections. The BJP ruled Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh for the last 15 years, while it stormed Rajasthan with a two-third majority in 2013.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday deputed observers to oversee the election of the leader of its legislature party in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, the three states it lost out to Congress in the recent assembly election. The leader of the BJP legislature parties will be appointed leader of opposition in the respective states.
Home minister Rajnath Singh and BJP vice president Vinay Sahasrabuddhe will go to Madhya Pradesh; while finance minister Arun Jaitley and party vice president Avinash Rai Khanna will head to Rajasthan. Social justice minister Thawarchand Gehlot and party general secretary Anil Jain will go to Chhattisgarh. The decision was taken after a meeting of the party’s parliamentary board.
The BJP ruled Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh for the last 15 years each, while it won Rajasthan with a two-third majority in 2013.
Chhattisgarh is the only state which, BJP leaders such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi concede, the mandate was clearly against the BJP.
