Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal Sharma Oath Ceremony Highlights: The desert state of Rajasthan has got the new chief minister on Friday with Bhajanlal Sharma from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) assuming office on his 56th birthday. The oath-taking ceremony was attended by the party’s national leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, in front of the iconic Albert Hall in Jaipur.
Along with Sharma, Diya Kumari, Vidhyadhar Nagar MLA, and Prem Chand Bairwa, MLA from Dudu, were also sworn in as deputy chief ministers of Rajasthan. All three leaders were administered the oath of office by Governor Kalraj Mishra. Ajmer North MLA Vasudev Devnani was picked as the Speaker of the Rajasthan assembly.
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Keeping up with its tradition of flipping the government every term, the people of Rajasthan voted in favour of the BJP as the party clinched 115 seats in the November assembly elections and dethroned the Congress as it got just 69 seats.
Rajasthan oath-taking ceremony Highlights: Bhajanlal Sharma sworn in as CM alongside his deputies - Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa. PM Modi and Amit Shah in attendance. Follow this space for latest updates.
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The swearing-in ceremony has been concluded after Bhajanlal Sharma was sworn in as Rajasthan Chief Minister and Diya Kumari, Prem Chand Bairwa were sworn in as deputy chief ministers.
Governor Kalraj Mishra on Friday administered the oath of deputy chief minister's office to Diya Kumari, MLA from Vidhyadhar Nagar, and Prem Chand Bairwa, MLA from Dudu.
On Friday, BJP leader and MLA from Sanganer Bhajanlal Sharma took oath as the Rajasthan Chief Minister on his 56th birthday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived at the venue in Jaipur where the oath-taking ceremony will take place shortly.
Top BJP leaders, including Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari, are seated on stage for the swearing-in ceremony.
The stage is set and all the BJP leaders have gathered for the swearing-in of Rajasthan's new Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma and his two deputies Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached Jaipur venue for the swearing-in ceremony.
Newly-elected Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav reached Jaipur to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Bhajanlal Sharma.
Ahead of the swearing-in ceremony, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reached Jaipur.
Rajasthan CM-designate Bhajanlal Sharma's mother, Gomti Devi, said, "I want to thank PM Modi...Development of the state should happen..."
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde arrived in Jaipur to attend the swearing-in ceremony.
Ahead of the swearing-in ceremony, Rajasthan CM-designate Bhajanlal Sharma said, "We will take the guarantee of PM Modi to every citizen of the state."
BJP leader Bhajanlal Sharma, who is set to take oath as the new Chief Minister of Rajasthan, is also celebrating his birthday today.
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Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal arrived in Jaipur to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Bhajanlal Sharma.
Security has been increased at the Ramniwas Bagh in Jaipur ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of Bhajanlal Sharma as the new chief minister of Rajasthan and Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa as the Deputy CMs.
Bhajanlal Sharma, 56, is a first-time MLA from Sanganer in Jaipur district. He won the Assembly elections by defeating Congress’ Pushpendra Bhardwaj with a margin of 48,081 votes. He has served as the party’s state general secretary, a position he has held four times. He has also been associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). Read more
Bhajanlal Sharma, a first-time MLA from Sanganer, was on Tuesday announced as the chief minister-designate during a BJP legislature party meeting in the presence of party's central observers Rajnath Singh, Saroj Pandey and Vinod Tawde, sent by the party.