Goa, Uttarakhand CMs likely to be announced today

New Delhi, March 20: Almost 10 days after announcement of results, Bhartiya Janata Party in Goa  will stake claim to form government

today. “We will approach the Governor and stake claim to form government after the legislature party meeting tomorrow,” BJP Goa unit President Sadanand Shet

Tanavade said, addressing media in the city on Sunday. He said the swearing-in of the new government will be held at Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium near the city. The ceremony will be attended by the central ministers. Even the Prime Minister may come, he said.

As suspense also continues over who would be the next Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, the legislature party of BJP will meet in Dehradun tomorrow to pick its leader. Central observers for selection of leader of the legislature party, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Meenakshi Lekhi, will reach Dehradun on today. “The meeting of the Legislative Party will be held in the evening. Thereafter, the Chief Minister’s name will be announced,” Uttarakhand BJP Chief Madan Kaushik said. BJP President JP Nadda and Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday met leaders from Uttarakhand, ahead of a meeting of the state legislature party. Caretaker Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, former chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, Uttarakhand BJP Chief Madan Kaushik and former union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal were among the leaders, who attended the meeting. Dhami, the outgoing Uttarakhand Chief Minister, lost his Khatima seat to Congress candidate Bhuwan Kapri. Several MLAs have supported Dhami to be picked as the Chief Minister again, and offered to resign from their seats, to enable him to fight and win. BJP retained power in Uttarakhand, winning 47 seats, getting around 44 per cent of the vote share. Congress got around 37 per cent votes, and won 19 seats. In 2017, Congress had won 11 seats, and got around 33 per cent votes while BJP’s vote share was around 46 per cent in 2017. (UNI)