BJP Parliamentary Board today meet to discuss government formation in Maharashtra, Haryana. This Parliamentary board secretary Jagat Prakash Nadda announced after the meeting that Home Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Mumbai as the BJP observer for Maharashtra to decide the name of new Chief Minister. Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu will be the observer for Haryana.
Party National Vice President Dinesh Sharma will accompany Mr Naidu while party General Secretary Jagat Prakash Nadda will accompany Mr Singh. This was announced by Parliamentary board secretary Jagat Prakash Nadda after the meeting of Parliamentary Board in New Delhi this evening.
The Meeting convened to decide on the formation of government in Maharashtra and Haryana was chaired by BJP President Amit Shah and attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Rural Development and Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari among others.
Modi wave still continues to influence voters: Amit Shah
BJP today asserted that Narendra Modi wave still continues to influence voters. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, party president Amit Shah said, the results of Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly polls have given a seal of approval on the work of Modi government during the four months at the Centre. He said BJP is going to form government in both the states and Chief Minister in Maharashtra will be from the Party.
Terming the victory in the two states as historic, Mr Shah said that it is set to win 49 seats in Haryana and 121 seats in Maharashtra. He said, the party has never contested elections on so many seats in the states. Shah also said, that party’s vote share has gone up from nine per cent to over 33 per cent in Haryana and from 14 percent to about 28 percent in Maharashtra. BJP President said, the Congress has been relegated to third position and it is not even in a position to get the post of Leader of Opposition in the assemblies.
On breaking up alliance with Shiv Sena, Mr Shah said that BJP respects its allies and it never broke the alliance with Shiv Sena. He said, Shiv Sena is still part of NDA government at the Centre.
