Chhattisgarh Cupboard Enlargement: The much-awaited enlargement of the Chhattisgarh cupboard since after the Bharatiya Janta Occasion (BJP) received the meeting elections within the state came about on Friday with members taking the oath of workplace. 9 ministers are being inducted taking the power of Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai-led cupboard to 12. Brijmohan Agrawal, Ramvichar Netam, Dayaldas Baghel, Kedar Kashyap, Lakhanlal Dewangan, Shyam Bihari Jaiswal, OP Choudhary, Tank Ram Verma and Laxmi Rajwade have taken oath because the minister of the Chhattisgarh cupboard.
The state can have a most of 13 ministers, together with the CM. Earlier, the cupboard had three members – chief minister Sai and deputy CMs Arun Sao and Vijay Sharma. They have been sworn in on December 13.
VIDEO | 9 ministers inducted in Chhattisgarh state cupboard in Raipur. pic.twitter.com/qB7cMNqFcT
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Sai on Thursday stated yet another cupboard berth might be stuffed later, reported PTI.
On the swearing-in ceremony of 9 new Cupboard Ministers in Chhattisgarh, state BJP co-in-charge Nitin Nabin stated, “Yesterday there was a session by which your complete staff for shaped. The BJP and PM Modi’s staff is able to work on fulfilling the dream of Late Atal Bihari Vajpayee… The newly shaped authorities will work on the guarantees made within the manifesto…”
#WATCH | Raipur: On the swearing-in ceremony of 9 new Cupboard Ministers in Chhattisgarh, state BJP co-in-charge Nitin Nabin says, “Yesterday there was a session by which your complete staff for shaped. The BJP and PM Modi’s staff is able to work on fulfilling the dream of Late Atal… pic.twitter.com/3lGz8w5ESx
— ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) December 22, 2023
OBCs, STs And 5 First-Time MLAs In Chhattisgarh Cupboard
The composition of the Chhattisgarh cupboard has MLAs from Different Backward Courses (OBC), Scheduled Tribes and plenty of first-time MLAs. As per information company PTI, there are six OBCs within the cupboard, specifically Deputy CM Arun Sao, Lakhanlal Dewangan, Shyam Bihari Jaiswal, OP Choudhary, Tank Ram Verma and Laxmi Rajwade.
CM Vishnu Deo Sai, Ramvichar Netam and Kedar Kashyap are from the Scheduled Tribes, whereas Dayaldas Baghel is from the Scheduled Caste class. Deputy CM Vijay Sharma and Brijmohan Agrawal are from the final class, whereas Rajwade is the one girl member within the cupboard.
Agrawal, Netam, Kashyap and Baghel have served as ministers in earlier BJP governments within the state, whereas CM Sai has been a Union minister in the course of the first time period of the PM Narendra Modi authorities on the Centre.
Additionally, Sao, Sharma, IAS-turned-politician Choudhary, Verma and Rajwade are the first-time MLAs whereas Jaiswal and Dewangan have turn out to be MLAs for the second time.
The cupboard has 4 members from Surguja division, three from Bilaspur division, two every from Raipur and Durg divisions and one from Bastar division.
On taking oath as Chhattisgarh minister, BJP MLA Lakshmi Rajwade stated, “BJP has given a possibility to a small occasion employee like me. I’m blissful that I’ll characterize not simply the Bhatgaon constituency however your complete state… Girls can be given precedence and every part is feasible below PM Modi’s assure. Whereas giving precedence to girls, I’ll work in line with the instructions of the occasion…”
#WATCH | Raipur: On taking oath as Chhattisgarh minister, BJP MLA Lakshmi Rajwade says, “BJP has given a possibility to a small occasion employee like me. I’m blissful that I’ll characterize not simply the Bhatgaon constituency however your complete state… Girls can be given precedence and… pic.twitter.com/ATlAMMRjTQ
— ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) December 22, 2023
Shyam Bihari Jaiswal additionally expressed gratitude in the direction of the occasion and stated, “I wish to thank the occasion management {that a} son of a small farmer household like me is given the accountability of a minister within the state. I thank the ladies, youth and farmers of the state for forming the BJP authorities… Our precedence can be to double the earnings of the farmers…”
#WATCH | Raipur, Chhattisgarh: On taking oath as Chhattisgarh minister, BJP MLA Shyam Bihari Jaiswal says, “I wish to thank the occasion management {that a} son of a small farmer household like me is given the accountability of a minister within the state. I thank the ladies, youth and… pic.twitter.com/3cgSbSBpJE
— ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) December 22, 2023
The BJP received 54 seats within the 90-member Meeting, whereas the Congress emerged victorious on 35 seats.
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