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Business News/ Politics / Policy/  BJP’s parliamentary board to decide on Delhi CM candidate: Rajnath
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BJP’s parliamentary board to decide on Delhi CM candidate: Rajnath

Amid speculation that Kiran Bedi would be projected for the top post, home minister says so far there is no decision on the matter

A file photo of BJP leader and home minister Rajnath Singh. Photo: MintPremium
A file photo of BJP leader and home minister Rajnath Singh. Photo: Mint

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has not taken any decision on its chief ministerial candidate for Delhi, home minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said amid speculation that former IPS officer Kiran Bedi would be projected for the top post.

Bedi, who joined the party on Thursday, herself had also given a broad hint that she would be BJP’s chief ministerial candidate.

“So far there is no decision. The parliamentary board will take a final call," Singh told PTI. He was replying to a question on the possibility of BJP projecting someone as chief ministerial candidate.

The two-time BJP president said the party sometimes projects its chief ministerial candidate and sometimes not. “In case of Delhi, the parliamentary party will take the final decision," he said.

Elections to 70-member Delhi assembly will be held on 7 February.

The 12-member BJP parliamentary board include Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah, Singh and finance minister Arun Jaitely besides others.

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Published: 18 Jan 2015, 12:06 PM IST
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