BJP supporters celebrate the party victory in Delhi.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to announce the Chief Minister of Delhi on Monday (February 17, 2025), over a week after the February 8 poll results. The BJP sources on Sunday confirmed that a meeting with the 48 newly elected MLAs will be held at the party office at 3 p.m.
The BJP won the Delhi poll by securing a victory in 48 of the 70 Assembly seats on February 8 and since then the party has not had a formal meeting. Both, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress slammed the BJP over delay in selecting a CM candidate and alleged that there was “infighting” within the party’s Delhi unit for the top post.
BJP leaders told The Hindu that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had returned from his foreign trip and that the decision would be taken on Monday followed by a swearing-in ceremony during the week. Senior BJP leaders told The Hindu that the party is likely to field one of the newly elected MLAs as the Delhi Chief Minister, and there will be no deputy CM for the national capital.
The sons of two former BJP Chief Ministers — Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma, son of Sahib Singh Verma, and Harish Khurana, son of Madan Lal Khurana are members of the newly elected house. In the past, the BJP surprised its leadership with its picks for chief ministers in states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand leading to a lot of speculation on who it will select as Delhi CM.
Published – February 17, 2025 02:13 am IST