Rajasthan CM: In a surprise move, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced the name of Bhajan Lal Sharma as the next Chief Minister of Rajasthan. He is an MLA from Sanganer. Sharma's name was announced by senior party leader and former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.
56-year-old Sharma won the Sanganer constituency in the 2023 Rajasthan Assembly Election by defeating Congress candidate Pushpendra Bhardwaj with a margin of 48,081 votes. Sharma also served as the Rajasthan General Secretary for the Bharatiya Janata Party four times.
Know more about Sharma
Sharma's residence is at Jawahar Circle in Jaipur. He is originally from Bharatpur and holds a master's degree in political science. Sharma, a Brahmin leader, has been working in the organisation for a long time. He has been working as the party's State General Secretary for a long time. In the recently concluded Assembly election, the BJP fielded him from a safe seat like Sanganer in Jaipur. He was preferred over the sitting MLA from this constituency.
It should be noted here that Sharma has become MLA for the first time in the recently held Assembly elections. He is considered close to both the Sangh and the organisation. According to the affidavit filed with the Election Commission, Sharma declared assets worth Rs 1.5 crore, which includes Rs 43.6 lakh in moveable assets and Rs 1 crore in immovable assets.
Earlier on Tuesday, Rajnath Singh and other party observers Vinod Tawde and Saroj Pandey held a meeting in which Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister and Rajasthan BJP Election in-charge Pralhad Joshi was also present.
Rajasthan Assembly polls
Rajasthan polls were conducted on 199 seats out of 200 assembly seats on November 25, as elections in the Karanpur constituency were adjourned due to the passing of the Congress candidate Gurmeet Singh Koonar. In the recent Assembly polls, the BJP secured 115 seats out of 199, leading to the ousting of the incumbent Ashok Gehlot government, while the Congress won 69 seats.
