Tribal leader and former Union Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Wednesday took oath as chief minister of Chhattisgarh at an event in Raipur which was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, senior BJP leaders and chief ministers of other states.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister-designate Vishnu Deo Sai and his council of ministers will be taking oath on December 13 in Raipur, a state government official said on Monday.
Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Sunday asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Chhattisgarh will have two Deputy Chief Ministers in the state.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged victorious in the Chhattisgarh assembly polls and is set to form the government in the 90-member state Assembly, as the party has crossed the majority mark by securing 54 seats. Congress came a distant second with 35 seats, as the counting of votes
Dismissing the exit poll projections, which put Congress in the lead in Chhattisgarh, former chief minister and BJP stalwart Raman Singh on Thursday asserted that the saffron party will defy the numbers quoted by pollsters and from the next government in the state with a clear majority.
Speaking to media persons in Raipur, CM Baghel condemned the statements of former CM Raman Singh over this issue and questioned "who stopped them from probing the matter and who had sent Dharamlal Kaushik to the court against the commission's probe. The act of creating obstacles was done by