Party sources said the Congress was also toying with the idea of having a CM and a deputy CM, and also mulling division of the CM term to accommodate more leaders.
Ashok Gehlot will be the new Chief Minister of Rajasthan. The announcement was made on Friday during a press conference held at AICC headquarters in Delhi.
The announcement was made following the meeting of Congress legislature party in Bhopal.
The announcement was made during the meeting of the newly-elected MLAs in Bhopal Thursday night
Parrikar, who is suffering from a pancreatic ailment, is recuperating at his residence since October 14 after being discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.
The health minister's statements came amid Congress' continuing attempts to put pressure on the government to disclose disclose Parrikar’s health status and also come with a regular health bulletin.
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The meeting assumes significance as it is being held just months ahead of Assembly elections in three states - Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.
A row was erupted after Siddaramaiah’s remarks, with some seeing it as having an unsettling effect on the Janata Dal (Secular)-Congress government.
M Karunanidhi has won 12 assembly elections and was elected as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu five times.
The Bengal Chief Minister also alleged that the Modi government was trying to evict people "forcibly".
BJP MP Hema Malini says she has no interest in becoming CM of a state. She also made it clear that if any time she wants to be the CM, she can become any minute.
The apparent reference was to the post in Uttar Pradesh, now held by her party’s Yogi Adityanath.
The chief ministers of four non-BJP ruled states on Saturday visited the residence of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, who is staging a dharna inside the waiting room of LG Anil Baijal’s residence for last six days, and expressed solidarity with him.
In wake of a Supreme Court order cancelling allotment of government residences to Uttar Pradesh's former Chief Ministers, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati vacated her palatial official bungalow on Wednesday, her aide announced.
The MLAs from the ruling BJP have complained that they got text and WhatsApp messages asking them to pay Rs 10 lakh or their families will be eliminated within three days.
Mamata Banerjee said they would not leave any scope for any party to place obstacles in the coming together of regional parties.
Earlier reports had emerged about his party working out a power sharing formula of heading the government for 30 months each, with its coalition partner the Congress.
Considered close to Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, Bopaiah had disqualified 11 disgruntled BJP and five independent MLAs ahead of a trust vote to help the Yeddyurappa government in 2011.
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