Revanth Reddy named Telangana CM, wait extends for four other states
The Congress on Tuesday announced that its Telangana state unit chief, A Revanth Reddy, will be the new chief minister of the state. He will take the oath of office on Thursday.
Of the five states that went to the polls, Congress won the majority in Telangana.
The Zoram Peoples Movement (ZPM) won in Mizoram. Its leader Lalduhoma, a 74-year-old former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, is likely to take oath on December 8.
There was no clarity on who the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may pick as chief ministers in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, the three Hindi heartland states where it secured a majority.
Top BJP leaders Amit Shah and J P Nadda consulted with state in-charges on Tuesday.
In Jaipur, former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje ...