Race For UP CM: Amit Shah Says BJP Will Endorse Maurya’s Choice

Amid growing rumours of Home Minister Rajnath Singh being a frontrunner in the race to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister throne, BJP President Amit Shah on Thursday said the party will endorse state unit president Keshav Prasad Maurya’s choice for the top job.

This virtually negates Maurya’s chances of himself becoming the state Chief Minister.

Earlier on Tuesday, Maurya had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid heightened speculation over who will secure the top job in the state, where the BJP won a historic mandate in the recently held Assembly polls.

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Rajnath Singh – rumoured to be one of the leading candidates in the CM race –dismissed these rumours on Wednesday.

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Top Contenders for UP CM

The BJP parliamentary board met on Thursday to decide on the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and felicitate the party chief Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The board held discussions on the name of the potential UP CM but no name in particular was announced.

Some of the reported contenders are:

• Yogi Adityanath
• Manoj Sinha
• Lucknow Mayor, Dinesh Sharma
• Rajnath Singh
• Keshav Prasad Maurya

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