Vishnu Deo Sai is new Chhattisgarh BJP legislative party leader and potential CM
The Hindu
Vishnu Deo Sai chosen as BJP's Chhattisgarh CM candidate; Raman Singh proposes his name, supported by Brijmohan Agrawal. 54 MLAs in attendance at legislative party meeting. Union Ministers Arjun Munda, Sarbananda Sonowal, Dushyant Kumar Gautam, Om Mathur, Mansukh Mandaviya, Nitin Nabin present. Raman Singh: CM announcement after meeting, Deputy CM to be appointed.
Vishnu Deo Sai, a tribal leader from Sarguja region, has been chosen as the leader of the BJP legislative party and the potential Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, on December 11.
His name was proposed by former Chief Minister Raman Singh and supported by former Minister and senior MLA Brijmohan Agrawal.
Mr. Sai won the recently concluded Assembly polls from Kunkuri in north Chhattisgarh, a region the BJP has swept.
Mr. Sai is a prominent figure in the BJP and has held various positions, including being the former State chief and former Union Minister.
Mr. Sai hails from the influential Sahu (Teli) community which has a sizable presence in the Durg, Raipur and Bilaspur divisions.
He served as State president of the party for Chhattisgarh from 2020 until 2022. He was the Union Minister of State for Mines, Steel in the first PM Modi cabinet. He is highly regarded among tribal voters.
Earlier, senior leader Raman Singh said the party may have a deputy Chief Minister, ahead of a meeting of the newly-elected MLAs in the state.
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