Congress president Rahul Gandhi will first meet party observers before meeting CM contenders for Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said he is taking inputs from different people in the party, including newly-elected MLAs and workers, to decide chief ministers in three states - Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
"We are taking inputs from different people in the party. We are taking inputs from MLAs, from workers. You will see chief ministers soon," the Congress chief said in Delhi.
His comments came amid hectic deliberations and lobbying for selection of chief ministers in the three states where the Congress has unseated the BJP. Gandhi held hectic deliberations with Congress workers earlier at his residence ahead of selecting the party's chief ministers for the three states.
Meanwhile, the potential chief minister candidates in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh arrived in the national capital on Thursday for a meeting with the Congress president who will take a final call on the top post in the states.
The contenders for the top post in Rajasthan -- Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot -- and in Madhya Pradesh -- Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia -- arrived early morning in the national capital.
The Congress president will first meet party observers AK Antony for Madhya Pradesh and KC Venugopal for Rajasthan before meeting those in the race.
The elected Congress MLAs on Wednesday authorised party president Rahul Gandhi to decide the chief ministers.
Mr Gandhi had dispatched central observers to the three state capitals to take feedback of newly-elected MLAs. The party chief also reached out directly to the party workers in the three states to know their top choice for the chief minister post through an internal mobile messaging app, party leaders said.
In all the three states where Congress has emerged victorious signalling a newfound energy in the party ranks to stop the BJP juggernaut before the 2019 general elections, the newly-elected MLAs met in the presence of party's central observers, while party leaders also met governors in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to stake government formation claims.
(With PTI inputs)
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