Lucknow/Dehradun, Mar 16 (PTI) Newly elected BJP MLAs in UP and Uttarakhand will meet on March 18 and are likely to elect their legislature party leader, a week after the partys emphatic victories in the two states. Asked specifically as to whether there was any likelihood of an election for the post of the leader of the Legislature Party, Pathak avoided a direct reply, saying, "I cant say." Maurya, who had helped consolidate non-Yadav OBC votes in the partys favour, is said to be in the good books of BJP chief Amit Shah. The Uttarakhand BJP legislature party will also hold a meeting at a hotel in Dehradun tomorrow in the presence of the partys central observers to discuss who should be the new chief minister of the state. The legislature party meeting will be held at 3 PM in the presence of the central observers and party incharge of Uttarakhand affairs Shyam Jaju, Pradesh BJP president Ajay Bhatt said.

Source: India Today March 16, 2017 16:41 UTC