Ahmedabad: The formal election of Narendra Modi as the leader of legislature party
in Gujarat is slated for December 16 afternoon in the presence of party president M
Venkaiah Naidu, who arrived in Ahmedabad on December 16 morning.
Modi, who got a massive mandate in Assembly elections on December 15, is to be sworn
in as Chief Minister on December 18 for which Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee
and Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani are likely to be present along with other
central leaders.
"The election of Modi as the leader of legislature party is mere formality since he
had led the party in the Assembly election where it got two-thirds majority," Naidu
said on December 15 night after a meeting of top party leaders with Vajpayee to
review the poll outcome.
Naidu is accompanied by party general secretary Sanjay Joshi and party in-charge of
the state Ramdas Aggarwal.
PTI
