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  • Arun Sao, Vijay Sharma get Deputy CM and Raman Singh to be Speaker in Chhattisgarh

    After the selection of Vishnu Deo Sai as Chhattisgarh’s new Chief Minister, the former Chief Minister Dr. Raman Singh gets the designation of speaker in the Chhattisgarh Assembly while former MP Arun Sao and Vijay Sharma get the posts of Deputy Chief Ministers in the state.

    Deputy Chief Ministers are not constitutional designations and do not carry any special powers. However, traditionally they are allocated core ministries such as finance, revenue or home.

    Seats of the Leaders

    Lormi (Arun Sao, Kawardha (Vijay Sharma), Rajnandgaon (Raman Singh)
    Lormi (Arun Sao),
    Kawardha (Vijay Sharma),
    Rajnandgaon (Raman Singh)

    Dr. Raman Singh won the 2023 Assembly Elections from the Rajnandgaon assembly constituency with a margin of 45,084 votes.

    Arun Sao won from the Lormi constituency with a margin of 45,891 votes. He was earlier the MP from Bilaspur which also includes Lormi. Sao had specifically resigned from Lok Sabha on 6 Dec 2023 after winning the 2023 Assembly Elections.

    Vijay Sharma won with 39,592 votes from the Kawardha assembly constituency.

    Arun Sao
    Arun Sao
    Dr Raman Singh
    Dr Raman Singh
    Vijay Sharma

    Source: results.eci.gov.in

    Increasing Usage of Deputy CM Designation

    The designation of Deputy CM is not a constitutional post but has been used as a consolation prize to accommodate the ambitions of senior leaders who could not be the Chief Minister.

    Article 164 of the Indian Constitution says the Chief Minister shall be appointed by the Governor and other ministers shall be appointed by the Governor based on the advice of the Chief Minister.

    There is no mention of a Deputy Chief Minister or even a Deputy Prime Minister (last appointee Lal Krishna Advani).

  • Vishnu Deo Sai (विष्णु देव साय) New CM of Chhattisgarh by BJP

    BJP names Vishnu Deo Sai as the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh on 10 Dec 2023, about 7 days after the party won assembly elections in the state winning 54 out of the 90 seats. Dr Raman Singh was appointed as Assembly Speaker, Arun Sao and Vijay Sharma were designated as Deputy CM.

    Related: Arun Sao, Vijay Sharma get Deputy CM and Raman Singh to be Speaker in Chhattisgarh

    Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Arjun Minda and Dushyant Gautam were sent by the central party leadership as observers for Chhattisgarh.

    The name was finalized after the elected BJP MLAs had a meeting with the observers sent by the party leadership of JP Nadda, PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.

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    Who is Vishnu Deo Sai?

    Vishnu Deo Sai in the Middle
    Vishnu Deo Sai in the Middle

    Vishnu Deo Sai won on 21 Feb 1964 is a politician and the former state head of the BJP for Chhatisgarh for three times.

    • 31 October 2006 – 11 May 2010
    • 21 January 2014 – 16 August 2014
    • 02 June 2020 – 09 August 2022

    He was born in a farmer family in Bagia, Jashpur district to Ram Prasad Sai and Jashmani Devi. He was married to Kaushalya Devi in 1991.

    He was educated at Loyola Higher Secondary School, Kunkuri.

    Twitter: Vishnu Deo Sai

    Electoral History

    Vishnu Deo Sai won the 2023 Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections from Kunkuri Assembly Constituency with 87,604 votes and a margin of 25,541 votes.

    Constituency Kunkri of Vishnu Deo Sai, Source: eci.gov.in
    Constituency Kunkri of Vishnu Deo Sai, Source: eci.gov.in

    Prior to this he continually won 4 Lok Sabha Elections from Raigarh in 1999, 2002, 2009, and 2014.

    MLA/MPAssemblySeatTenurePosition
    MLAMadhya PradeshKunkuri1990-1998Two Terms
    MP13th Lok SabhaRaigarh1999-2004Member of Committee on Absence of Members from the sittings of the House (1999-2000)
    Member of Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution (1999-2000)
    Member of Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture (2000-2004)
    MP14th Lok SabhaRaigarh2004-2009Member of Committee on Information Technology
    Member of Committee on Water Resources (2007-2009)
    MP15th Lok SabhaRaigarh2009-2014Member, Committee on Commerce (31 Aug 2009)
    MP16th Lok SabhaRaigarh2014-2019Union Minister for State, Labour and Employment (26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014)
    Union Minister for State, Mines (26 May 2014 – 5 July 2016)
    Union Minister for State, Steel (26 May 2014 – 30 May 2019)
    MLAChhattisgarhKunkuriChief Minister of Chhattisgarh (Dec 2023 – present)
    Source: https://sansad.in/ls/members

    BJP MLA Meeting in Raipur

    Vishnu Deo Sai was chosen as the leader of the BJP MLAs in Chhattisgarh at a meeting held in Raipur.

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