The name of Delhi’s new Chief Minister<\/a> – the first from the BJP<\/a> in the national capital in nearly three decades – will be announced by this evening, party sources told NDTV Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n The selection process will begin at noon, when the BJP’s Parliamentary Board – its highest decision-making body – meets to decide ‘observers’ for the gathering of newly-elected legislators later today.<\/p>\n Prime Minister Narendra Modi<\/a> – whose trip to France and the United States delayed the selection process – is expected to attend this meeting at the BJP’s Delhi HQ.<\/p>\n The MLAs will then meet at 6.15 pm to select their leader in the Assembly, who will become the Chief Minister and will take his\/her oath of office in a grand ceremony at 11 am on Thursday.<\/p>\n READ |\u00a0<\/strong>50 Film Stars, Industrialists, Diplomats Invited To BJP’s Big Delhi Event<\/a><\/p>\n The oath ceremony – to be held at the city’s iconic Ramlila Maidan – will run from 11 am to 12.34 pm, sources said. The oath itself will be at 12.05 pm.<\/p>\n Sources also said there will be three stages set up – one for the PM, Home Minister Amit Shah, Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, and the new Chief Minister, a second for invited religious leaders, and a third for MPs and MLAs, of whom over 200, from the BJP and allies, have been invited.<\/p>\n Last week NDTV was told a shortlist of 15 names had been finalised, from among the 48 BJP MLAs, to fill the posts of Chief Minister, members of his\/her cabinet, and Assembly Speaker.<\/p>\n READ |\u00a0<\/strong>BJP’s Delhi ‘Wapsi’ Complete, Focus Now On Chief Minister Question<\/a><\/p>\n The odds-on favourite for the big post is two-time ex-MP Parvesh Verma, who defeated AAP boss and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to win the New Delhi constituency.<\/p>\n Others likely on the BJP’s chief ministerial shortlist are the party’s Delhi unit leader, Virendra Sachdeva, and Bansuri Swaraj, a first-time MP who is the daughter of the late former Union Minister Sushma Swaraj. Satish Upadhyay, the BJP’s Brahmin face in Delhi, is also an option.<\/p>\n READ |\u00a0<\/strong>‘Giant Slayer’, 1st-Time MP: One Of These Could Be Delhi Chief Minister<\/a><\/p>\n There has also been buzz that the BJP could pick a woman as Chief Minister. Four of the BJP’s new MLAs are women – Neelam Pahalwan, Rekha Gupta, Poonam Sharma, and Shikha Roy.<\/p>\n READ |\u00a0<\/strong>Delhi’s Next Chief Minister A Woman? Buzz As BJP Brainstorms<\/a><\/p>\n Ms Pahalwan was the first woman MLA from Najafgarh seat, Ms Gupta is the former President of the Delhi University Students’ Union, Ms Sharma won the Wazirpur seat, and Ms Roy emerged as another -giant slayer’, defeating senior AAP leader and Saurabh Bharadwaj for the Greater Kailash seat.<\/p>\n And there are caste equations, something which the BJP has historically considered when selecting Chief Ministers; similar delays after wins in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in 2023 are an example.<\/p>\n ARCHIVES |\u00a0<\/strong>NDTV Explains BJP’s Hattrick Of Heartland Surprises<\/a><\/p>\n Four of the new MLAs are from Scheduled Castes – Raj Kumar Chauhan, elected from Mangolpuri; Ravikant Ujjain from Trilokpuri; Ravinder Indraj Singh from Bawana; and Kailash Gangwal from Madipur.<\/p>\n Suspense over Delhi’s next Chief Minister has been building since the afternoon of February 8, when it became apparent the BJP had scripted a remarkable return to power in Delhi.<\/p>\n Mr Modi’s party – which had been kept at bay in Delhi for 26 years, first by the Congress and then the AAP – swept 48 of the city’s 70 Assembly seats en route to victory.<\/p>\nDelhi Chief Minister Suspense<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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