Decision on next Madhya Pradesh CM likely on December 11 after BJP observers meet party MLAs

The suspense over who will become the next chief minister of Madhya Pradesh is likely to end on December 11 when the BJP's 163 newly-elected legislators meet and select their leader in the presence of central observers, a party functionary said. In the November 17 Madhya Pradesh assembly elections, the results of which were declared on December 3, the BJP won as many as 163 of the 230 seats, leaving the Congress a distant second at 66.

The party on December 8 appointed Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, its OBC 'Morcha' head K Laxman and its secretary Asha Lakra as central observers for electing the leader of its legislative party in Madhya Pradesh. "The central observers will chair a meeting of party MLAs on Monday," MP BJP media cell head Ashish Agrawal told