Bhajan Lal Sharma Takes Oath As Rajasthan Chief Minister
| Date :16-Dec-2023 |
JAIPUR,
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. 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, Sharma was appointed the leader of the BJP legislature party on December 12.
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. Seers and mahants from different places attended the ceremony as well. Ashok Gehlot, who was among the leaders who reached the programme early, sat next to ‘rival’ Gajendra Singh Shekhwat and was seen talking to him.