'Suspense will be over...': BJP's Kailash Vijayvargiya claim on new CMs names for three states

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assembly elections will last, Kailash Vijayvargiya replied,"Ravivar ko khatm ho jaayega (It will come to an end on Sunday)." Hectic parleys are going on within BJP after the party scored big wins in three assembly polls, talks within the party shifted to the likely chief ministerial picks in these states, with senior leaders holding discussions. While there has been no word from senior party leaders on the likely chief ministerial picks, many within the BJP hold the view that the massive mandate it has got in the three states should be seen as a strong statement of wider popular support for its policies and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, and not through the prism of any particular state.

BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, who has been elected as an MLA from Madhya Pradesh, shared the impression, asserting that it was Modi's leadership behind the massive mandate and not any particular scheme of the state government headed by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. When asked if the 'Ladli Behna' scheme played a role in the big win in the state, he shot back on Saturday, "Was the Ladli Behna scheme there in Chhattisgarh or Rajasthan." Some party leaders said if the leadership wants to usher in a new line of leadership in the three states, then this was an opportune time.

However, Chouhan remains a strong contender for the post of chief minister following the party's win with a two-thirds majority. Other state satraps such as Union ministers Prahlad Patel, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Narendra Singh Tomar besides Vijayvargiya are being seen as among the other probables for the post.