Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: BJP leader Vishnu Deo Sai took oath as the fourth Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh on December 13.Two Deputy Chief Ministers – Arun Sao and Vijay Sharma- also oath of office. Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan administered the oath of office and secrecy to the leaders.
The swearing-in ceremony, heldat Science College ground in Raipur, was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP chief JP Nadda, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, among other leaders.
Sai, a tribal face and political veteran who served as a Union Minister, emerged as the dark horse of the week-long suspense over the chief ministerial post of Chhattisgarh.
Sao is a prominent Other Backward Classes leader, while Sharma represents the Brahmin community.
Raman Singh, who has run the state Government for 15 years, has been made the Speaker of the assembly.
Sai’s name was announced as the Chief Minister on December 10 after a key meeting of the BJP’s newlyelected 54 MLAs in the state was held in Raipur. He won the Kunkuri Assembly seat with a total of 87,604 votes.
The new Chief Minister started his political career as a village Sarpanch. In 1989, he was elected as a ‘panch’ of Bagia village panchayat and the next year he became the Sarpanch unopposed.
