The BJP Parliamentary Party Board meeting today decided to send two observers Mr. Rajnath Singh and Mr. Anant Kumar to Jharkhand to help finalise a new Chief Minister.<br/><br/>Briefing the media, the party leader Ananth Kumar said that a meeting of the party Legislators will be held in Ranchi on Tuesday in this regard. He said, the name of the Chief Minister will finally be decided by the party Chief Mr. Nitin Gadkari after wide spread consultations.<br/><br/>Earlier, Party President Nitin Gadkari, Senior leaders L.K.Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley took part in the discussions to choose a new incumbent.<br/><br/>The meeting came in the wake of an agreement reached between the BJP and JMM on Saturday, with AJSU also pledging to support the BJP-Led coalition in the state.<br/><br/>The Shibu Soren led Jharkhand government was hit by a crisis after BJP decided to withdraw support on April 28 after the JMM leader voted against the oposition sponsored cut motions in the Lok Sabha.<br/><br/>The move was put on hold after JMM leader Hemant Soren wrote a letter to BJP Chief and announced its support for a saffron party led coalition to avoid imposition of President's rule in the state.
News On AIR | May 10, 2010 8:27 PM
BJP appoints 2 observers to work out consensus on Jharkhand CM