The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislature party meeting, which will decide the new chief minister of Uttarakhand, is likely to be held today (March 20, 2022).
The meeting is going to be attended by party`s central observers for Uttarakhand Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi and Union Minister Prahlad Joshi.
As per BJP President Madan Kaushik, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also attend the swearing-in ceremony of the new government in the hill state.
Further, Kaushik informed that chief ministers of various states will also attend the induction. In this meeting the political future of Pushkar Singh Dhami, the current Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, is likely to be decided.
A senior state BJP leader on anonymity meanwhile told the Press that there is a festival of Holi in the Kumaon division on March 19, due to which the meeting of the legislature party will be held on March 20.
According to the party`s state president Madan Kaushik, all the party MLAs have been asked to reach Dehradun after Holi.