Rajasthan CM designate Bhajan Lal Sharma joins first-time MLAs' bandwagon

BJP MLA Bhajan Lal Sharma will take oath as the Rajasthan Chief Minister after he was elected as the leader of the BJP Legislature Party on Tuesday. He will join a rare list of politicians, who have become Chief Ministers after being elected as MLAs for the first time.

Hyderabad: The BJP sprang a surprise after it announced Bhajan Lal Sharma as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan on Tuesday. Bhajan Lal Sharma, who has been elected to the Rajasthan Assembly from the Sanganer constituency for the first time, will take oath in Jaipur.

He has joined the illustrious list of politicians, who became Chief Ministers after becoming MLAs for the first time. The list includes Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, who was sworn in as the Gujarat 17th Chief Minister on December 12, 2022. Bhupendra Patel started his political journey as a member of Memnagar municipality and got elected as an MLA from the Ghatlodia constituency in the 2017 in Gujarat Assembly elections. Bhupendra Patel was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Gujarat for the first time on September 13, 2021.

The others on the list include Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, Haryana Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar, Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal, former Karnataka Chief Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumarawamy and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Paneerselvam.

The other leaders on the list are veteran Congress leader Kamalnath, Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The name of Bhajan Lal Sharma as the new Rajasthan Chief Minister was announced by Union Minister and former BJP chief Rajnath Singh after the BJP Legislature party meeting held in Jaipur. Rajasthan will have two Deputy Chief Ministers Diya Kumari and Dr Prem Chand Bhairava.