Hours after a group of Aam Aadmi Party legislators led by party convener Arvind Kejriwal met Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung on Monday over allegations that the BJP was indulging in “horse-trading”, senior Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jagdish Mukhi had a “routine meeting” with his party’s national president Amit Shah. However, it is believed that the two discussed the latest political developments around government formation in the Capital.
Prof. Mukhi told The Hindu that a “clear picture will emerge in the next two or three days” and refrained from commenting on what the outcome will be. “The Central BJP leadership will decide what the best course of action is. A clear picture will emerge soon,” he said.
Meanwhile, he confirmed that Mr. Jung has not approached his party over government formation as yet. After the meeting with Mr. Jung, senior AAP leaders had said that the L-G had intended to invite the BJP for discussions over government formation.
With uncertainty prevailing in Delhi over government formation, the post of BJP’s chief ministerial candidate has been up for grabs, which sources in the party say will go to a senior leader. In fact, the supporters of some of the senior leaders, like Prof Mukhi, have already started social media campaigns to project their leaders as chief ministerial candidates. In the case of Prof. Mukhi a full-fledged campaign on Facebook had been launched but the page has since been disabled.
Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay had said over the weekend that it would not be right for the party leaders to project themselves as CM candidates as that was a decision to be taken by the party central leadership.
