Senior Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel was on Sunday appointed the new chief minister of Chhattisgarh, ending the suspense after days of intense deliberations with party leadership.

Baghel will take oath as the chief minister at 5 pm on Monday. The 57-year-old OBC leader, who steered the party to a stupendous victory with a two-thirds majority in Chhattisgarh pipped party colleagues T S Singh Deo, Tamradhwaj Sahu and Charan Das Mahant to the top post.