<p class="title">Goa BJP president Vinay Tendulkar said there would be clarity on who would be the state's new chief minister by 2 pm on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tendulkar said this after meeting Union minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari at a hotel near here over the issue.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hectic political activities are on in the coastal state to select the new chief minister after the death of chief minister Manohar Parrikar Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The decision on a chief ministerial candidate is yet to be taken. But the picture will be clear by 2 pm," Tendulkar said, adding that the new chief minister would be sworn in after 3 pm Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tendulkar met Gadkari along with Assembly Speaker Pramod Sawant, who is a contender for the top post.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier in the day, Gadkari met ally Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) MLAs led by Sudin Dhavalikar and BJP legislator Vishwajit Rane.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dhavalikar and Rane are also aspirants for the chief minister's post, BJP sources said. Sawant and Rane are front-runners, they added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meetings held on Sunday night by the BJP and its alliance partners the Goa Forward Party, the MGP and independents - remained inconclusive.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gadkari again held talks Monday morning with leaders of the BJP and MGP to finalise Parrikar's successor. </p>
<p class="title">Goa BJP president Vinay Tendulkar said there would be clarity on who would be the state's new chief minister by 2 pm on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tendulkar said this after meeting Union minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari at a hotel near here over the issue.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hectic political activities are on in the coastal state to select the new chief minister after the death of chief minister Manohar Parrikar Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The decision on a chief ministerial candidate is yet to be taken. But the picture will be clear by 2 pm," Tendulkar said, adding that the new chief minister would be sworn in after 3 pm Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tendulkar met Gadkari along with Assembly Speaker Pramod Sawant, who is a contender for the top post.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier in the day, Gadkari met ally Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) MLAs led by Sudin Dhavalikar and BJP legislator Vishwajit Rane.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dhavalikar and Rane are also aspirants for the chief minister's post, BJP sources said. Sawant and Rane are front-runners, they added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meetings held on Sunday night by the BJP and its alliance partners the Goa Forward Party, the MGP and independents - remained inconclusive.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gadkari again held talks Monday morning with leaders of the BJP and MGP to finalise Parrikar's successor. </p>