Amit Shah tasked to pick next Gujarat CM after Anandiben resigns

August 03, 2016 11:07

BJP Parliamentary Board authorises party chief Amit Shah to pick the Chief Ministerial nominee for Gujarat in the legislature party meeting. Nitin Gadkari and Saroj Pandey to be central observers at Gujarat BJP legislature party meet where the next CM will be decided, says Venkaiah Naidu.

The Bharatiya Janata Party has accepted Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patels resignation, Union minister Venkaiah Naidu said after the partys Parliamentary Board meeting at Prime Minister Narendra Modis residence.

Anandiben will go to Raj Bhavan today and submit her resignation to the Governor, Naidu said.

He said the new CM will be from among the sitting MLAs of the Gujarat assembly.

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