Nirmala Sitharaman and Vijay Rupani will oversee the legislative party meeting where the MLAs will elect their leader.

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani are the observers for Maharashtra legislature party meet.

Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani as the party's Central Observers for Maharashtra. Despite the Mahayuti alliance's resounding victory in the Maharashtra Assembly elections,

The swearing-in will be held at Azad Maidan in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, says BJP state chief Bawankule

BJP names observers for Maharashtra legislature party meeting to elect new leader; Fadnavis likely frontrunner for CM.

The Mahayuti alliance won a strong 230 out of 288 seats in the state assembly, but it has yet to finalize its Chief Ministerial candidate.

The BJP on Monday named Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani as central observers for its Maharashtra legislature party's meeting on December 4, where the MLAs will elect Maharashtra Legislative Party leader who is likely to be the state's next chief minister.

The Mahayuti alliance, which comprises the BJP, Shiv Sena (Shinde), and the Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar), is yet to finalise its chief ministerial candidate despite marathon meetings among its constituents.

The swearing-in ceremony of the Maharashtra CM will take place on December 5 at the Azad Maidan ground in Mumbai.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani have been named by the BJP as central observers for the Maharashtra legislature party's meeting. MLAs will elect their leader,

Amid the ongoing suspense over the selection of the chief minister of Maharashtra, the BJP on Monday appointed former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Union Finance Minister Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as the saffron party's Central Observers for the state.