In Rajasthan, Bhajan Lal Sharma of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday took oath as the new chief minister of the state. The first-time MLA was administered the oath by governor Kalraj Mishra during a ceremony at the Ramnivas Bag in Jaipur. BJP MLAs Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa were sworn in as his deputies.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda, several union ministers and chief ministers of different states attended the ceremony in front of the iconic Albert Hall.
#WATCH | BJP leader Bhajanlal Sharma takes oath as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, in the presence of PM Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other senior leaders, in Jaipur pic.twitter.com/XikKYL7T3w
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Among those present at the event in Jaipur were Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.Former Rajasthan Chief Minister and BJP leader Vasundhara Raje was also present at the swearing-in ceremony of Sharma. Outgoing Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot also attended the ceremony.The BJP secured a significant victory in the November 25 assembly election, winning 115 seats out of the 199 contested seats (for the 200-member state assembly). In contrast, the ruling Congress party managed to secure only 69 seats.
(Anil Chaturvedi is State Correspondent
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