Senior BJP leaders reached Madhya Pradesh to meet ahead of declaring the name of the CM of state. Pics/PTI
After the November 17 polls, the BJP retained power in MP by winning 163 seats in the 230-member assembly, leaving the Congress a distant second with 66 seats
The BJP has not projected a CM face, with the poll campaign relying heavily on the mass appeal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
The meeting of the newly-elected legislators was scheduled to be held in Bhopal on Monday and the chief minister's name may be announced, an MLA said
The party's central observers, comprising Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, OBC Morcha head K Laxman and secretary Asha Lakra, were expected in the meeting
This time, the BJP contested the assembly polls without projecting Shivraj Singh Chouhan as its chief ministerial face
Prahlad Patel, an OBC leader like Chouhan, former Union minister and newly-elected Dimani MLA Narendra Tomar, Indore heavyweight Kailash Vijayvargiya, state unit chief VD Sharma and Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia are being seen as front-runners for the post
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