New Rajasthan CM, Bhajan Sharma To Take Oath

The BJP won 115 seats in the Assembly polls…


Invitations have been sent to central leaders and state chief ministers for the oath ceremony, a spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said.

He added that the main roads leading up to the state capital have been decorated with posters and banners of several welfare schemes of the Centre as well as cut-outs of leaders.

On Friday, the swearing-in ceremony of Mr. Sharma and his deputies -- Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa -- will be held.

On November 25, the BJP won 115 seats in Assembly polls in the desert state while the Congress got 69. Polling was held on 199 of the 200 seats in the Assembly.

Mr. Sharma, a first-time MLA, was announced as the chief minister-designate during a BJP party meeting on Tuesday, in the presence of the party's central observers Rajnath Singh, Saroj Pandey, and Vinod Tawde.

Vidhyadhar Nagar MLA Diya Kumari and Dudu MLA Bairwa were chosen as deputy chief ministers and Ajmer North MLA Vasudev Devnani was the speaker of the Assembly.

Edited By: Arusha Farooq

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