Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP President Amit Shah, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu . (Photo: PTI)
The BJP on Sunday decided to send senior party leaders Rajnath Singh to Maharashtra and Venkaiah Naidu to Haryana to take a decision on the chief ministerial candidates in the two states.
Briefing reporters after the BJP's parliamentary board meeting, party leader JP Nadda said he and Mr Singh would be visiting Maharashtra to select the leadership and form a government.
Asked what the party's reaction was to the offer of support from Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Mr Nadda said they are aware of their support but no call has been taken yet.
"The Parliamentary Board knew about their offer of support but as far as government formation is considered, we will first select our leadership," he said.
He further said Mr Naidu and party leader Dinesh Sharma would go to Haryana to take forward the process of government formation.
"We will first select who would head the government and then preparations will be made for the swearing-in ceremony," he said.