Meet Chhattisgarh's New Deputy Chief Minister Arun Sao: 5 Points

Arun Sao, a leader from the Other Backward Classes (OBC), is also the Chhattisgarh BJP president.

Vishnu Deo Sai will serve as the new Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, while Arun Sao and Vijay Sharma will be his two deputies in the state cabinet. Mr Sai took oath along with his cabinet colleagues at a ceremony in Raipur on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and BJP chief JP Nadda attended the swearing-in ceremony.

Arun Sao, a leader from the Other Backward Classes (OBC), is also the Chhattisgarh BJP president, while Vijay Sharma, a Brahmin, is the general secretary of the party's Chhattisgarh state unit.