Winning 48 of the 70 seats, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to form the next government in Delhi after a gap of 27 years. A day after the capital's decision, Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva wrote to Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, seeking time from him for a meeting with the party's 48 newly elected MLAs.

"I would like to meet you at the earliest along with BJP MPs from Delhi and our newly elected 48 MLAs. Please schedule a meeting as per your convenience," the letter said.

Who will be Delhi's next CM?

The BJP's discussions on the best person for the chief minister's post have been revolving around the possibilities of picking one of its seven Lok Sabha MPs from the national capital. The potential CM for the post could be one of its new MLAs with the highest victory margin, especially a woman leader.

Addressing BJP workers hours after the Election Commission declared the Delhi election results, Prime Minister Narendra Modi guaranteed that the CAG report on Delhi will be presented in the first assembly session after the party forms the government.

According to the latest report of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), 31 of the 70 newly elected MLAs have criminal cases registered against them. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) tops the list with 68% (15) of its winning candidates having criminal cases registered against them, while 33% (16) of the newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs have criminal cases registered against them.

Party chief Arvind Kejriwal and senior leaders Manish Sisodia, Sandeep Pathak, Sanjay Singh met the 22 MLAs who won on Sunday. After the meeting, Sisodia said that during the discussion, Kejriwal underlined the importance of AAP candidates making their presence felt on the ground among the people.

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