First-time MLA Kiran Singh Deo is the new Chhattisgarh BJP chief
The Hindu
In another surprising move, the Bharatiya Janata Party chose Jagdalpur MLA Kiran Singh Deo, a first-time legislator, as its State president for Chhattisgarh.
In another surprising move, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday chose Jagdalpur MLA Kiran Singh Deo, a first-time legislator, as its State president for Chhattisgarh.
While a change of guard was imminent with incumbent State BJP chief Arun Sao being appointed as one of the two Deputy Chief Ministers in the Vishnu Deo Sai-led State government, the 60-year-old was initially not among the people considered for the post.
A notification issued by the party’s national general secretary Arun Kumar in Delhi read: “BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda has appointed MLA Kiran Singh Deo as BJP Chhattisgarh unit president.”
“This appointment will come into effect immediately,” the notification added.
Mr. Singh Deo is a former mayor of Jagdalpur — the headquarters of Bastar — and represents the only unreserved constituencies in the tribal region where BJP won eight out of 12 seats in the recent elections. Hailing from the Kshatriya caste also makes him the first non-OBC, non-tribal leader at the helm of the organisation in more than a decade.
A lawyer by profession, Mr. Singh Deo has held several organisational posts, the most recent of them being that of the State-level general secretary till 2022. Having tasted electoral success as a mayoral candidate in 2019, the recent election was the first time he contested in the Assembly arena. His debut was successful as he defeated the Congress candidate Jatin Jaiswal by a margin of nearly 30,000 votes.
The new leader’s major assignment will be the Lok Sabha elections due next year where he would hope to improve the party’s tally from the last elections. While the BJP won nine out of 11 Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh in 2019, Bastar was one of the seats it lost. Deepak Baij, who won the Lok Sabha election from the constituency back then, is the current State Congress chief.
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