Bhajanlal Sharma named Rajasthan CM; Diya Kumari, Prem Chand Bairva Dy CMs
BJP leader Bhajanlal Sharma to be the new Chief Minister of Rajasthan
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has named Bhajanlal Sharma as the chief minister of Rajasthan. The new chief minister will be replacing Congress' Ashok Gehlot after the BJP won a majority in Rajasthan with 115 seats, defeating the Congress party, which secured 69 seats in 2023 Assembly elections. Sharma was reportedly suggested by Vasundhara Raje, who has held the post twice and was the first female chief minister of Rajasthan.
Bhajanlal Sharma, 56, hails from Bharatpur, has been a long-time member of the BJP party but this was his first run as MLA from the Sangner Assembly seat, which falls under the Jaipur Lok Sabha constituency. He defeated Pushpendra Bhardwaj of the Indian National Congress with a marg...