Nadda speaks to Raj MLAs amid buzz over CM picks for 3 states

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda on Saturday addressed newly elected party MLAs in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, asking them to prepare for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and participate in the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Vatra (developed India pledge march) amid buzz over the appointment of chief ministers in three states, party leaders familiar with the matter said.

Nadda’s virtual meeting with MLAs came before the party-appointed observers will meet legislators in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan to seek views on who the CMs should be. The BJP has appointed a team of observers for each state, headed by defence minister Rajnath Singh for Rajasthan, Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar for Madhya Pradesh and tribal affairs minister Arjun Munda for Chhattisgarh.

Legislative party meetings are scheduled to be held in Chhattisgarh on Sunday evening, in Madhya Pradesh on Monday and in Rajasthan on Tuesday. Most of the elected MLAs started arriving in the Chhattisgarh capital Raipur on Saturday. In the evening, Nadda spoke to the MLAs informing them about their duties and objectives and the importance of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, party leaders said.

“Nadda ji in his address to the new MLAs said the BJP is planning a Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra in every constituency of Chhattisgarh, in which the local MLAs and leaders will be inducted to create awareness and propagate the policies and programmes of the Modi government,” said one of the newly elected MLAs in Chhattisgarh. Another MLA said the objective of the meeting was to prepare the BJP for the upcoming parliamentary elections and added that the CM candidate was not discussed at the meeting. In Rajasthan, Nadda repeated the message he gave in Chhattisgarh and urged the newly elected MLAs to visit every home to deliver the message of the Prime Minister.