BJP parliamentary board to discuss CMs for UP, Uttarakhand

The board will also work on the strategy for Goa and Manipur.

March 12, 2017 12:09 pm | Updated 12:11 pm IST - New Delhi

Supporters celebrate BJP’s landslide victory in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, at the party headquarters in Lucknow on Saturday.

Supporters celebrate BJP’s landslide victory in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, at the party headquarters in Lucknow on Saturday.

BJP parliamentary board will meet in New Delhi on Sunday evening to discuss the probable names for the post of Chief Minister in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, where it has won comfortable majority in the Assembly elections.

The board will also work on the strategy for Goa and Manipur, where the Bharatiya Janata Party has propelled itself in the game of government formation, though it has failed to get majority.

BJP president Amit shah on Saturday said the party’s parliamentary board would meet on Sunday to discuss the future course of action.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to attend the meeting.

In addition, the board will also declare names of observers who will hold meetings with the elected members of assemblies in the respective States.

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