The suspense over the chief ministerial face in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh still remains as the Bharatiya Janata Party sweeped the assembly polls in all the three states of the Hindi heartland on Sunday. 

The saffron party ousted the Congress party in Rajasthan winning 115 out of 199 seats and also unseated the Congress regime in Chhattisgarh bagging 54 out of 90 seats. 

The suspense over the chief ministerial face in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh still remains as the Bharatiya Janata Party sweeped the assembly polls in all the three states of the Hindi heartland on Sunday. 

The saffron party ousted the Congress party in Rajasthan winning 115 out of 199 seats and also unseated the Congress regime in Chhattisgarh bagging 54 out of 90 seats. 

On Thursday, former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje met with BJP national president JP Nadda at his residence in the national capital. 

Two more contenders have joined the race for CM in Rajasthan including Aswini Vaishnav and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.

Responding to a media query, newly elected MLA in Madhya Pradesh, Prahlad Patel said that the process for picking the CM candidate will start soon. "It's worth the wait. I believe the (party) high command will start the process soon," he said while speaking to news agency PTI. 

Seasoned BJP leader from MP, Narendra Singh Tomar and Rajasthan MLA Baba Balaknath met Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday. 

In Chhattisgarh, BJP president Arun Sao, an OBC, Union minister Gomati Sai and Lata Usendi, both of whom come from Scheduled Tribes, are being seen as the frontrunner for the top post due to their social background, image and relatively young profile.

(With inputs from agencies)