Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh is all set to be elected as leader of BJP Legislature Party, paving way for his heading the party-led govt.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh is all set to be elected as the leader of the BJP Legislature Party in Raipur on Wednesday paving the way for his heading the party-led government for the second successive term.
Singh, 56, who spearheaded the party to an emphatic victory in the Assembly elections which saw BJP romping home in 50 seats in the 90-member assembly, will be sworn in on Friday.
A meeting of BJP's newly elected MLAs will be held at the party headquarters on Wednesday where party leaders Ravi Shanker Prasad, in-charge of elections in the state, and Dharmendra Pradhan, in-charge of party affairs, will be present as observers of the party central leadership.
As the BJP prepares to renew its hold over the state for another five years, Raman Singh is expected to induct at least half a dozen new faces in the ministry in view of the defeat of four of his cabinet colleagues in the previous government and the party's splendid performance in the naxal-infested tribal belt of Bastar division, Sarguja, Koria and Jaspur.
Among the new faces whose names are doing the rounds in party circles here for ministerial berths are Chandrashekhar Sahu, who defeated PCC President Dhanendra Sahu in Avanpur, Saroj Pandey, the Mayor of Durg, Narayan Chandel, the legislator from Janjgir-Chapa and first-time MLA Yudhvir Singh Judeo, son of senior BJP leader Dilip Singh Judeo, from Chandrapur.
Since BJP won 23 of the 26 seats in the tribal belt, which largely helped the party to retain power, it may give more representation to MLAs from this region in the ministry.
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