In chhattisgarh, along with the announcement of the name of the cm, the name of the deputy cm has also been
announced. There will be two Deputy CMs in the state. bjp state presidents Arun Sao and Vijay Sharma will be
made deputy CMs while former cm raman singh will be made the Speaker of the Assembly. While bjp has
selected a tribal leader for the post of cm, the OBC vote bank has also been kept in mind while electing two
Deputy CMs. Arun Sao comes from OBC community. Vijay Sharma is bjp mla from Karvadha in Kabirdham
district. He has defeated minister Mohammad Akbar by a margin of 39,592 votes. Vijay Sharma is the state
general secretary of chhattisgarh bjp and has been the state president of bjp yuva Morcha. 50 year old Vijay
Sharma has become mla for the first time. He is 50 years old and has become mla for the first time.
Arun Sao has been elected mla for the first time
Whereas, if we talk about Arun Sao, he has defeated congress candidate Thaneshwar Sahu from Lormi seat of
Mungeli district by 45891 votes. He is currently the state president of BJP. Last year itself, in the month of
August, he was given the responsibility of state president in place of vishnu Dev Sai. He has been an mp from
Bilaspur lok sabha seat. After being elected mla, the central leadership had asked him to resign from the post
of MP. Like Vijay Sharma, 55-year-old Arun Sao has also been elected mla for the first time.
Will benefit from the experience of three-time cm Raman Singh
Raman Singh, elected by bjp for the post of assembly Speaker, has been cm thrice in the bjp government of
Chhattisgarh. This time also he was involved in the race for the post of CM. But the party has decided to use his
experience as assembly speaker. raman singh has won the election from his traditional Rajnandgaon.
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