Bhajanlal Sharma takes oath as Rajasthan Chief Minister, Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa sworn in as Deputy CMs

Jaipur (Rajasthan): BJP MLA from Sanganer, Bhajanlal Sharma took the oath as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan on Friday at a swearing-in ceremony in Jaipur.

The oath of office was administered by Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, along with BJP National President JP Nadda, attended the occasion. Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa were also sworn in as Deputy Chief Ministers of the state.

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami also attended the swearing-in ceremony.

Former Rajasthan Chief Minister and BJP leader Vasundhara Raje also attended the swearing-in ceremony, along with Union Ministers Arjun Ram Meghwal and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. Nitin Gadkari also attended the event.

In Rajasthan, the BJP registered victories on 115 seats, and the Congress came in a distant second with 69 seats. Rajasthan went to the polls for 199 of the 200 assembly seats on November 25.

(ANI)