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Bhajan Lal Sharma Appointed As Rajasthan Chief Minister By BJP; Diya Kumari, Premchand Bairwa Two Deputy CMs

Nishtha Anushree

Dec 12, 2023, 04:33 PM | Updated 04:33 PM IST

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday announced Bhajan Lal Sharma as the new Chief Minister of Rajasthan after gaining a majority in the results announced on 3 December.

Bhajan Lal Sharma was elected as an MLA for the first time from Sanganer assembly constituency. He is organisation general secretary of Rajasthan BJP and is a Brahmin by caste.

Rajasthan observer Rajnath Singh announced that Diya Kumari and Premchand Bairwa will be the two deputy CMs and Vasudev Devnani will be the legislative assembly speaker.

Nishtha Anushree is Senior Sub-editor at Swarajya. She tweets at @nishthaanushree.

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