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

Vishnu Deo Sai

Vishnu Deo Sai

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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

Who is Vishnu Deo Sai?

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.

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

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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