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.
Related: End Shivraj Era as Mohan Yadav (मोहन यादव) Becomes New Madhya Pradesh CM
Table of Contents
Who is Vishnu Deo Sai?
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.
Prior to this he continually won 4 Lok Sabha Elections from Raigarh in 1999, 2002, 2009, and 2014.
| MLA/MP | Assembly | Seat | Tenure | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLA | Madhya Pradesh | Kunkuri | 1990-1998 | Two Terms |
| MP | 13th Lok Sabha | Raigarh | 1999-2004 | Member 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) | ||||
| MP | 14th Lok Sabha | Raigarh | 2004-2009 | Member of Committee on Information Technology |
| Member of Committee on Water Resources (2007-2009) | ||||
| MP | 15th Lok Sabha | Raigarh | 2009-2014 | Member, Committee on Commerce (31 Aug 2009) |
| MP | 16th Lok Sabha | Raigarh | 2014-2019 | Union 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) | ||||
| MLA | Chhattisgarh | Kunkuri | Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh (Dec 2023 – present) |
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.
Also Read: Independent MLAs in Rajasthan 2023 Assembly Elections
[…] “Vishnu Deo Sai Named New CM of Chhattisgarh by BJP – The News Dispatcher”. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023. […]
[…] the selection of Vishnu Deo Sai as Chhattisgarh’s new Chief Minister, the former Chief Minister Dr. Raman Singh gets the […]
[…] decision comes after Vishnu Deo Sai was designated as Chhattisgarh […]
[…] decision was made a day after Vishnu Deo Sai became the CM of […]