First-Time MLA, Bhajan Lal Sharma Takes Oath As Rajasthan Chief Minister

First-Time MLA, Bhajan Lal Sharma Takes Oath As Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma takes oath as Rajasthan CM in presence of BJP top brass Mr. Sharma took charge of Rajasthan on the day he turned 57. The two Deputy Chief Ministers, Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa, were also sworn in

• First-time MLA Bhajan Lal Sharma was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan at a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP's top leadership on Friday, 12 days after the party ousted the Congress in the assembly polls.
• Mr. Sharma, a BJP state general secretary, took charge of the State on the day he turned 57.
• Along with him, Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa were sworn in as the Deputy Chief Ministers by Governor Kalraj Mishra. All three took the oath in Hindi.
• The outgoing Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot attended the ceremony held in front of the historic Albert Hall here. A large gathering of BJP MLAs and workers from across the state witnessed it.

A Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-backed leader, Mr. Sharma was appointed the leader of the BJP legislature party on December 12.

Top leaders attend

• The swearing-in ceremony was attended by PM Modi, BJP president J.P. Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and several other senior leaders of the party.

• Newly appointed Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Mohan Yadav, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Dhami, Gujarat CM Bhupendrabhai Patel, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, Goa CM Pramod Sawant and Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Keshav Prasad Maurya were also in attendance.
As Mr. Sharma, Ms. Kumari and Mr. Bairwa took the oath, BJP supporters raised slogans of 'Jai Shri Ram' and 'Modi-Modi'.

Commotion


• Shortly before the oath ceremony, a brief commotion took place at an entry point in Ramniwas garden where people forcibly entered the venue.
• Several people jumped over the barricades before police managed to stop them.

Rajasthan CM Swearing-in Ceremony Live Updates:

 

• First-time MLA Bhajan Lal Sharma has officially become the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, with Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa sworn in as the state’s two Deputy Chief Ministers. A high-profile affair, the swearing-in ceremony was attended by BJP’s top brass, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, and BJP president J P Nadda.

Who is Bhajan Lal Sharma?

• Continuing its trend of surprise picks for Chief Ministers, the BJP announced first-time MLA Bhajan Lal Sharma for the Rajasthan top post. Sharma, whose election affidavit says he is an MA in political science, runs a business. But while he won his first Assembly election this time, he has been in politics for 34 years and was associated with the RSS student wing ABVP in various capacities before moving on to the BJP’s youth outfit Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, holding several posts. Hailing originally from Nadbai in Bharatpur district, he is seen as having risen from the grass-roots, becoming a sarpanch at the age of 27, and later rising to party state vice-president and state general secretary. In party circles, he is known as a dedicated party worke