The BJP is likely to reveal its choice for Delhi's Chief Minister on Wednesday during a legislative party meeting, which will be held at 7pm.
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00:00Okay, let's begin by getting you all the latest updates. 7pm is when all of the elected MLAs will be gathering behind me at the Delhi BJP office.
00:11But even before that, there are non-stop huddles taking place to figure out who should be the next Delhi Chief Minister, who's the perfect face, the perfect combination of caste, leadership and so many other factors.
00:23Well, the BJP High Command has met this afternoon with the Parliamentary Party meet. Next is the Legislative Party meet.
00:30And it is in that particular meeting that you will have a formal announcement. So just two hours from now, you can expect that.
00:37You can see the non-stop preps happening behind me as Swedes and all sorts of material is being taken there.
00:43There's no face just yet on any of the banners. So no, there's no hint being given here at the Delhi BJP office on who it could be.
00:50But let me bring in our reporters on the ground. I have with me Biyush Mishra, who's been tracking what's been happening in the BJP camp for the last many, many weeks.
00:58Biyush, good evening. Let me put you in the spot right there. Who do you think is going to be the pick for the BJP?
01:04Good evening, Akshita, and to all our viewers. And BJP is a party which is known to throw surprises and nobody knows who is going to be the next Chief Minister of Delhi.
01:13But yes, there are chances of Parvesh Sharma to become Chief Minister because he's been considered a giant killer. He's the man who has defeated Abhinav Kejriwal.
01:22Then if we go by what RSS wants, RSS wants a female Chief Minister.
01:27Forces in BJP have told us that yes, there are a lot of discussions that have taken place on female Chief Minister.
01:32Why? Because BJP having power in itself, having power on its own in 14 states and in 6 Indian states does not have one female Chief Minister,
01:43and that is why we think that Rekha Gupta has got a lot of advantage.
01:47Then today we saw two big names coming out, one Ravi Shankar Prasad and O. P. Dhankar.
01:52They both are observers. Any minute from now, they will reach here and they will also take part in legislative party meet.
01:57They are also going to seek opinions from all the MLAs who will reach in another one to two hours here at BJP headquarters.
02:04So Ravi Shankar Prasad comes from Purvanchal background. O. P. Dhankar is a JAT base.
02:09All 10 JAT dominated seats in Delhi have been won by BJP.
02:14So O. P. Dhankar is another big JAT leader who is now part of the observers.
02:19Parvesh is a JAT. Yes, Parvesh is a JAT.
02:22And BJP had also sent out a message across the national capital that yes, we want JATs also to have a good representation.
02:30So Parvesh has an advantage.
02:32Now if O. P. Dhankar and Ravi Shankar Prasad have already been announced as observers,
02:38then party might move ahead and give a chance to Baniya chief minister. Why?
02:43Because BJP is a party which is known as the party of Baniyas.
02:46And if that happens, then we have Vijendra Gupta, Rekha Gupta.
02:49Vijendra Gupta is the one who has been leading party's fight for the last three terms.
02:53Rekha Gupta is a veteran party leader, national vice president.
02:57She also is a female face of party and she also has a lot of advantage.
03:02But everything will get crystal clear in just two to three hours.
03:05You've stuck your neck out, Piyush. I'm going to take from what Piyush has said.
03:08Parvesh Verma, Rekha Gupta, there's a possibility of Vijendra Gupta.
03:12You know, there's a lot of talk of Ashish Sultan.
03:14A lot of names during the rounds, you know, it's tough to be a BJP reporter
03:17because the BJP high command will never give any hints of which way they're going to go.
03:22So we'll have to wait and see the next two hours or so.
03:24We should really know who's going to be the next chief minister of Delhi.