India, Feb. 19 -- More than a week after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept to power in the national Capital, the party is set to finalise the name of Delhi's next chief minister, with the BJP's legislative meeting slated to be held on Wednesday evening, people aware of the matter said.

The new chief minister will take oath during a ceremony at Ramlila Maidan on February 20, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the CMs of 19 NDA-ruled states in attendance. The people quoted above said that the function was earlier scheduled for 4.30pm, but now has been brought forward to 11.30am.

The BJP comprehensively won the Delhi polls, winning 48 seats in the 70-member House, and reducing the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to only 22 seats. Howe...