Amid the continuing suspense over who the BJP top brass turns to as its chief ministerial candidate for Rajasthan, after the party returned to the helm on the back of a landslide mandate, former CM and stalwart leader Vasundhara Raje arrived in the national capital on Wednesday evening.
After winning the Assembly polls in Mizoram, Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) leader Lalduhoma, who is also the Chief Ministerial candidate of the party will meet the state Governor today and stake claim to form the government.
Parliamentarian Yogi Balaknath who was fielded in the Rajasthan Assembly polls is considered favourite as the chief ministerial candidate after the latest trends showed the party comfortably crossing the halfway mark.
In both Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, the BJP has not projected anyone as a chief ministerial candidate and has banked heavily on the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the election campaign.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said the party's victory in Karnataka is an outcome of "collective work" of party leaders and workers and that the party would work towards consensus to choose its chief ministerial candidate
Clarifying on his supposed declaration of being the Congress's chief ministerial candidate in the ensuing Karnataka Assembly polls, former CM Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said he was only an 'aspirant' for the post.
Aam Aadmi Party chief ministerial candidate Isudan Gadhvi, who is contesting the Gujarat Assembly polls from Khambhalia, is trailing from his seat against his BJP opponent who is leading with a margin of 14,761 votes in the latest trends.
Aam Aadmi Party chief ministerial candidate Isudan Gadhvi cast his vote in the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections and said that he expects his party to win over 100 seats.
"In 2nd phase, OBC-majority assembly segments are going to poll. Congress played its cards of the chief ministerial candidate likely being an OBC, so I think central Gujarat, north Gujarat & this entire area will vote for Cong. I see a change in the 27-yr-long BJP rule," Vaghela said.
Earlier on November 4, the AAP government announced Isudan Gadhvi, the party's National Joint General Secretary as its chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections.