In an interview with the Lallantop, the Congress MP indirectly also indicated that along with former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, his son and party leader Deepender Hooda is also a potential candidate for the chief minister post.
Following senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Anil Vij's claimed stake for the position of the Chief Minister ahead of the Haryana assembly polls, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the party's candidate for the CM's position is the current Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini.
Taking a jibe at Rajasthan caretaker Chief Minister, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said that Ashok Gehlot's "wish" would come true on Monday, suggesting that the Chief Minister selections for three states, namely Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh, would be disclosed.
The meeting is scheduled to be held at the state BJP office here at around 4 pm under the supervision of the three central observers appointed by the party.
While the ECI has not yet declared the result of the seat, trends indicate that incumbent Chief Minister Zoramthanga is set to lose his Aizawl East - I seat to ZPM's Lalthansanga. After three out of three rounds of counting, he is trailing by 2101 votes.
After the BJP exceeded all expectations in Rajasthan and defied exit-poll projections of a tight race in the state, storming back to power with a resounding mandate; the focus has now shifted to who will be the chief minister.
Lalduhoma, the chief ministerial face of the ZPM, told ANI that his party is going to win this election with a landslide majority and will form the next government in Mizoram.
Lalduhoma, the chief ministerial face of the Zoram People's Movement (ZPM), on Thursday, exuded confidence that his party is going to win the upcoming assembly election in the state with a landslide majority without having to ally with any other party.
Congress leader Ram Mohan Reddy made the 'faux pas' while he was translating the English speech of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Shivkumar who was addressing an election campaign rally at Tandur in the Vikarabad district.
"When the person who killed the Telangana IAS officer in Bihar is released by the Bihar government, the Telangana CM is not saying a word," she said while addressing Telangana Bharosa Sabha at Saroor Nagar Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday.
Karnataka Health and Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar on Friday challenged JD(S) legislature party leader HD Kumaraswamy to field a Muslim candidate for Chief Minister's post in the upcoming Assembly election.