NEW DELHI: Following the historic landslide victory in West Bengal, the BJP’s Parliamentary Board on Tuesday decided to send senior leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah as the central observer to oversee the election of the party’s legislative leader in Kolkata. He will be assisted by Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi as the central co-observer.
In a separate decision, Union Minister and senior leader J. P. Nadda has been appointed as the central observer for Assam, where he will be assisted by Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini as co-observer.
According to party leaders, the oath-taking ceremony of the new Chief Minister of West Bengal is expected to take place on May 9.
However, a decision is yet to be taken on who will be named the next Chief Minister of West Bengal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to hold a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president Nitin Nabin and the party’s national Parliamentary Board within a day or two to decide on the Chief Minister and other members of the Council of Ministers.
After the counting of votes yesterday, the results were announced, in which the BJP swept both West Bengal and Assam. The party won 207 seats in West Bengal and 82 in Assam.
In West Bengal, the BJP made history by ending the TMC’s 15-year-long rule in the state.