In Himachal Pradesh, the newly elected Congress Legislative Party members are meeting in Shimla this evening to elect its leader.

According to the party sources, the AICC General Secretary Janadharan Dwevedi , the Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheela Dixit and the State Incharge for party’s affairs Virender Chouhdary will take part in the meeting as Central Observers.

The Congress has wrested power in the state from the BJP winning 36 seats in the 68 member Assembly, a gain of 13 seats in its last Assembly tally of 23.

Meanwhile, the newly elected BJP Legislators in Gujarat will meet on Tuesday in Gandhinagar to elect their leader. Chief Minsiter Narendra Modi has dissolved his Council of Ministers and handed over his resignation to the Governor on Friday.

AIR Ahmedabad correspondent reports, Narendra Modi is all set to take oath as Chief Minster on Wednesday at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad. Top Party leaders including L.K.Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitly and Chief Ministers of BJP ruled states are likely to be present at the ceremony.

BJP has retained power in Gujarat by winning 115 seats in 182 member state Assembly, which is two less in comparison to the 2007 assembly poll.