BJP appoints observers to oversee govt formation in four states
Hindustan TimesThe Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday appointed its observers and co-observers to oversee the election of the leader of legislative party in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarkhand, Goa and Manipur. Union home minister Amit Shah with Uttar Pradesh chief minister-designate Yogi Adityanath in New Delhi Union home minister Amit Shah, who has been closely associated with the party's performance in India's most populous state, is the observer for Uttar Pradesh, where the BJP won 255 states, becoming the first political party to win a second term in past three decades. The state's chief minister designate Yogi Adityanath on Sunday visited Delhi wherein he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home minister Amit Shah, BJP president JP Nadda and several leaders. Suspense over the leader of legislative party remains after incumbent chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami lost the polls. In Manipur, the Bharatiya Janata Party has roped in finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and law minister Kiren Rijiju to guide the saffron party in electing its leader in the 60-member Assembly.