India, Feb. 17 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called the meeting of its Delhi legislature party on Wednesday to pick the new chief minister days after it was voted back to power after 27 years, people aware of the matter said. The BJP won 48 seats in the 70-member House and the Aam Aadmi Party 22.

"...the MLAs [members of legislative assembly] will discuss the name of the new chief minister [at the meeting] and a decision will be taken. After the meeting of the legislature party, the name of the leader of the BJP legislature party will be announced. The leader will be the new chief minister," said a BJP leader.

The legislature party leader and the lawmakers will meet the lieutenant governor to stake claim to form the new govern...