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    Home / News / Politics News / BJP picks tribal leader Vishnu Deo Sai as Chhattisgarh CM
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    BJP picks tribal leader Vishnu Deo Sai as Chhattisgarh CM
    Vishnu Deo Sai has been chosen as new Chhattisgarh CM (Photo credit: X/@airnewsalerts)

    BJP picks tribal leader Vishnu Deo Sai as Chhattisgarh CM

    By Manzoor-ul-Hassan
    Edited by Ramya Patelkhana
    Dec 10, 2023
    09:04 pm

    What's the story

    Prominent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Union minister Vishnu Deo Sai has reportedly been named the new chief minister of Chhattisgarh.

    The announcement came following a meeting of the party legislators in Raipur on Sunday.

    An influential tribal leader, Sai has previously served in several top positions, including as the party's former state chief.

    He is also a BJP National Executive member.

    Twitter Post

    Sai's appointment confirmed on X

    Vishnu Deo Sai, prominent tribal face of BJP, to be next Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh: Party sources

    — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) December 10, 2023

    Details

    Sai close to former CM Raman Singh 

    With this development, speculations around the CM candidate in one of the three states the BJP won in the recent assembly elections ended.

    Reportedly, Sai is close to former CM Raman Singh, the BJP's most prominent leader in the state, who was seen as a top contender for the post.

    Sai has been a member of the BJP National Executive since December last year.

    About

    More about tribal leader Sai

    Sai (59) began his political career as a village sarpanch and rose through the ranks to become the minister of state for mines and steel ministries in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet in 2014.

    In the recently concluded assembly elections, he won from Kunkuri in northern Chhattisgarh.

    Sai belongs to the powerful Sahu (Teli) community, which has a considerable presence in several Chhattisgarh districts.

    Quote

    Will work with honesty under PM Modi's guarantee: Sai

    Soon after he was named the CM, Sai vowed to work with honesty for "Sabka Vishwas" (everyone's trust) under PM Modi's guarantee. "As a CM of the state, we will try to fulfill the promises," he said, pledging housing to 18 lakh people.

    Twitter Post

    What Sai said after being named chief minister

    #WATCH | On becoming the new Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Vishnu Deo Sai says, "...As a CM my priority will be to fulfil the promises made to the people. Every section of society was suffering during the five years of Congress rule. Around 18 lakh people have been deprived of… pic.twitter.com/V7snUwrN1E

    — ANI (@ANI) December 10, 2023

    History

    Sai picked days after BJP appointed observers 

    Sai's appointment came days after the BJP appointed three observers, including Union ministers Sarbananda Sonowal and Arjun Munda and General Secretary Dushyant Gautam, to pick Chhattisgarh's CM.

    Notably, besides former CM Singh, state BJP chief Arun Kumar Sao, Dharamlal Kaushik, and ex-administrator OP Chaudhary were the top contenders.

    However, the party eventually picked Sai, given his tribal background and influence in tribal areas.

    More appointments

    BJP also announces 2 deputy CMs, assembly speaker

    On Sunday, the BJP also announced that Chhattisgarh will have two deputy chief ministers.

    Sao, who belongs to the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category, and Vijay Sharma, a Brahmin leader, have been named as Sai's deputies to strike a balanced caste equation in the state.

    Former CM Singh, meanwhile, has been appointed the speaker of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly.

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