Will BJP opt for fresh face as degree of restlessness for top post hots up?

DISCUSSIONS within the BJP are heating up over the selection of the CM a day after the party's victory in the Rajasthan Assembly elections. Party sources said the rising degree of restlessness has quietly reached Delhi from Jaipur.

- RAJESH ASNANI

State party chief CP Joshi and state in-charge Arun Singh are in Delhi with a status report that they would share with the party leadership. They are scheduled to meet PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and party chief JP Nadda.

The buzz is that the BJP may go for a fresh face as its Chief Minister. One formula' that is doing the rounds is the party may go for a chief minister and two deputy CMS. Among the names being seen as frontrunners for the top post are Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Arjun Meghwal, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Diya Kumari and Om Mathur.