Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: Bhajan Lal Sharma, the first-time MLA from the Sanganer assembly constituency, was picked by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan. Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa were named as the Deputy Chief Ministers.
Vasudev Devnani will be the new Rajasthan Assembly Speaker. “Bhajan Lal Sharma has been elected as the leader of the Rajasthan BJP Legislature Party. There will be two Deputy CMs-Diya Kumari and Dr. Prem Chand Bairwa.
Vasudev Devnani to be the Speaker,” said Rajnath Singh, party’s central observer for Rajasthan.
Sharma said his government will meet the expectations of the people of Rajasthan.
“I would like to assure you that all the MLAs of Rajasthan will definitely meet the expectations that the people have with us, with the BJP. Under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi, we will ensure holistic development of Rajasthan in all areas,” he added.
Former CM Vasundhara Raje, who was the frontrunner for the post, proposed Sharma’s name before the MLAs and the central observers.
Sharma is considered close to the RSS and BJP chief JP Nadda. Before becoming MLA, he served as the general secretary for the Bharatiya Janata Party four times. In recently concluded Rajasthan assembly elections, he defeated the Congress candidate Pushpendra Bhardwaj with a margin of over 48,000 votes.
Sharma was actively involved in the agitation for the Ram temple in Ayodhya at the site where the Babri mosque stood. In 1992, he spent time in jail for this.
