BJP leader Bhajanlal Sharma takes oath as Rajasthan CM with Prem Chand Bairwa, Diya Kumari as Dy.CMs
BJP leader Bhajanlal Sharma takes oath as Rajasthan CM with Prem Chand Bairwa, Diya Kumari as Dy.CMs
Today 15 December, 2023, Governor Kalraj Mishra administered the oath of office to Bhajanlal Sharma as Rajasthan Chief Minister and Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa as Dy.CMs in the presence of PM Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and other senior leaders.
Apart PM Modi, also present
at the swearing-in ceremony in Jaipur wereTripura CM Manik Saha, Union Ministers Arjun Ram Meghwal, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Nitin Gadkari, former Rajasthan CM Ashok Ghlot, Vasundhara Raje, Goa CM Pramod Sawant, Tripura CM Manik Saha, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel.
Massive security and sitting arrangements were made at the venue where a large number of people are likely to witness the ceremony. All main roads leading to the venue were decorated with posters and banners of various central government welfare schemes as well as the leaders’ cutouts.
As per a party spokesperson invitations were sent to central leaders and state chief ministers for the ceremony.
Bhajanlal Sharma belongs to Rajasthan’s eastern district, Bharatpur, and is considered to have strong backing from Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Currently, he is the BJP’s state general secretary and holds a master’s degree in political science.
He won the Sanganer assembly seat by an impressive margin, securing 145,162 votes against his Indian National Congress (INC) opponent, Pushpendra Bhardwaj, who polled 97,081 votes.
The BJP won 115 seats in the November 25 assembly elections while the Congress got 69 seats. Polling was held on 199 of the 200 assembly seats in the state.
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