Newsinc24 Team 
Former Union Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, will be the next Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. He has been elected the leader of the BJP Legislature Party in Raipur on Sunday during a meeting of the BJP's newly-elected 54 MLAs held in the presence of the central observers Arjun Munda, Sarbananda Sonowal, and Dushyant Kumar Gautam. Former Chhattisgarh BJP President Sai won from Kunkuri assembly seat in the state. The BJP won 54 of the 90 seats in the state. Vishnudev Sai is a resident of Bagiya village adjacent to Kansabel in Kunkuri area of Chhattisgarh. He is a renowned tribal leader of the state. He started his political career as Panch from his village Bagiya in 1989 and was elected unopposed as Sarpanch in 1990. In 1990 he was elected MLA from the Tapkara assembly constituency. After this, in 1999, he was elected Member of parliament from Raigarh Lok Sabha constituency for the 13th Lok Sabha. He became the state president of the BJP in 2006. He was also elected Member of parliament from Raigarh constituency in the Loksabha elections held in 2009, and 2014. He also served as Union Minister of State, for Steel, Mines, Labor and Employment from 2014 to 2019.
BJP leaders Vijay Sharma and Arun Sao were on Sunday named as the new Deputy Chief Ministers of Chhattisgarh, hours after tribal leader Vishnu Deo Sai was named as the new Chief Minister of the state.In another significant development, Raman Singh, who served as Chief Minister thrice from 2003 to 2018, will be the Speaker of the Chhattisgarh assembly.
After he was chosen as Chhattisgarh CM, Vishnu Seo Dai said he will fulfil the promises made by the BJP to the people of the state under "Modi ki guarantee". The Chhattisgarh government's first order of business will be to sanction 18 lakh houses to beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, he added.Hours after he was announced as the CM-designate, Vishnu Deo Sai met Chhattisgarh Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan and staked a claim to form the government in the state.
Political activities have intensified in Madhya Pradesh to elect a new Chief Minister. The BJP's newly-elected MLAs in the state will meet on Monday in Bhopal to elect the legislature party leader. Central observers appointed by the Party's Parliamentary Board including Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, BJP OBC Morcha Chief K Laxman and National Secretary Asha Lakra will be present in the meeting. The BJP secured a two-third majority in the state assembly, winning 163 of the 230 seats in the House, while Congress took 66 seats.
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