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IN PHOTOS: BJP`s Vishnu Deo Sai to take oath as new Chhattisgarh CM on Dec 13

Updated On: 11 December, 2023 09:32 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed

Chhattisgarh`s chief minister-designate and BJP leader Vishnu Deo Sai will take oath along with his cabinet colleagues on December 13 at a ceremony in Raipur in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries, it was announced on Monday. Pics/PTI

Chhattisgarh`s chief minister-designate and BJP leader Vishnu Deo Sai will take oath along with his cabinet colleagues on December 13 at a ceremony in Raipur in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries, it was announced on Monday. Pics/PTI

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Chhattisgarh`s chief minister-designate and BJP leader Vishnu Deo Sai will take oath along with his cabinet colleagues on December 13 at a ceremony in Raipur in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries, it was announced on Monday. Pics/PTI
<p>Besides Sai (59), who will be the BJP`s first tribal CM, his council of ministers will also be sworn-in at the ceremony, an official release said</p>

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Besides Sai (59), who will be the BJP`s first tribal CM, his council of ministers will also be sworn-in at the ceremony, an official release said

<p>As per constitutional norms, Chhattisgarh, which has a 90-member assembly, can have a maximum of 13 ministers, including the CM</p>

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As per constitutional norms, Chhattisgarh, which has a 90-member assembly, can have a maximum of 13 ministers, including the CM

<p>The swearing-in ceremony will be held at Science College Ground in the state capital at 2 pm, the release issued by the state public relations department said</p>

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The swearing-in ceremony will be held at Science College Ground in the state capital at 2 pm, the release issued by the state public relations department said

<p>Besides PM Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president JP Nadda, Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya, party`s Chhattisgarh in-charge Om Mathur and CMs of some other states will be present at the function, it said</p>

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Besides PM Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president JP Nadda, Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya, party`s Chhattisgarh in-charge Om Mathur and CMs of some other states will be present at the function, it said

<p>Sai, a prominent tribal face of the saffron outfit in the state, was on Sunday elected as the legislature party leader at a meeting attended by all the 54 newly-elected BJP MLAs</p>

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Sai, a prominent tribal face of the saffron outfit in the state, was on Sunday elected as the legislature party leader at a meeting attended by all the 54 newly-elected BJP MLAs

<p>The BJP won 54 out of the total 90 assembly seats in the state</p>

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The BJP won 54 out of the total 90 assembly seats in the state

<p>The Congress, which won 68 seats in 2018, was reduced to a tally of just 35 this time around. The Gondwana Gantantra Party, a regional outfit, managed to win in one segment</p>

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The Congress, which won 68 seats in 2018, was reduced to a tally of just 35 this time around. The Gondwana Gantantra Party, a regional outfit, managed to win in one segment

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