Bhajan Lal Sharma has been named as the new Chief Minister of the Indian state of Rajasthan by the country's ruling party BJP on Tuesday (Dec 12). The decision was taken at Bharatiya Janata Party's state headquarters, in the presence of BJP central observers for Rajasthan, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, national vice president Saroj Pandey and national general secretary Vinod Tawde.

India: Bhajan Lal Sharma named Rajasthan's new chief minister

After much speculations, the Bharatiya Janata Party announced that Bhajan Lal Sharma will be the new Chief Minister of Rajasthan. Sharma, a first-time MLA from the Sanganer constituency, was picked for the CM's post in Rajasthan, which is a key state where the party regained power, even as there were conjectures about various big leaders from the state being in the race for the top job.

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The newly elected MLAs of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Rajasthan will meet on Tuesday to pick the state's next chief minister. BJP's central leadership will reveal their choice for Rajasthan CM in the meeting, ending days of suspense after the party won the assembly elections with 115 seats.

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved the proposal for amendments made in Rules-12 and Rule-17 of the Rajasthan Judicial Service Rules, 2010. The decision was taken in the State Cabinet's meeting held on Saturday under the chairmanship of Gehlot.

Gehlot approves amendments in Rajasthan Judicial Service Rules, increases age cap for judicial service

It took three days for the Congress, after its electoral victory, to name a chief minister for Rajasthan. There was nothing exceptional in the delay; the Bharatiya Janata Party had consumed nearly a week before it could finalise chief ministers for Maharashtra and Haryana.

Rajasthan government will have two power centres

The oath-taking ceremony of the three newly-elected Congress governments in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh will take place today back-to-back at 3 different times.

Back-to-back three oath-taking ceremonies for Congress today

Bringing an end to the three-day impasse over the question of leadership in Rajasthan, Congress party on Friday named veteran leader Ashok Gehlot as the state's new chief minister.

Ashok Gehlot named chief minister of Rajasthan, Pilot to be deputy CM