Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai. (Image: PTI)
Sai took oath because the state’s chief minister final week together with two deputy CMs Arun Sao and Vijay Sharma
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Monday mentioned the state cupboard will probably be expanded quickly and it’ll comprise each previous and new faces. He was speaking to reporters on the Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur after getting back from New Delhi.
Sai took oath because the state’s chief minister on December 13. “Yesterday evening I went to Delhi. I met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda there and held some discussions. The state cabinet will be expanded very soon,” Sai mentioned.
Asked concerning the induction of latest faces within the cupboard, the CM mentioned, ‘It will be a mix bag of old and new faces. We will have to wait for a bit for the cabinet (expansion) but it will be done soon.”
On the BJP’s promise to acquire 21 quintal paddy per acre on the charge of Rs 3,100 per quintal because the paddy buy train is underway, Sai mentioned the promise made below ‘Modi ki Guarantee’ (referring to his social gathering’s ballot manifesto) will probably be fulfilled.
The cost and procurement will probably be carried out as per the promise, he added. Sai took oath because the state’s chief minister final week together with two deputy CMs Arun Sao and Vijay Sharma. Ten extra members might be inducted into the cupboard.
As per constitutional norms, Chhattisgarh, which has a 90-member meeting, can have a most of 13 ministers, together with the CM.
The names of Brijmohan Agrawal and Amar Agrawal (each from basic class), Dharamlal Kaushik and Ajay Chandrakar (OBC), Kedar Kashyap and Vikram Usendi (Scheduled Tribe), Dayaldas Baghel (Scheduled Caste) and Rajesh Munat (Jain group) are doing the rounds as possible ministers within the Sai cupboard. Except Dharamlal Kaushik, all these leaders served as ministers within the earlier BJP governments within the state.
The names of IAS officer-turned-politician OP Chaudhary, Gajendra Yadav (each OBC) and Domanlal Korsewada (SC) have additionally been mentioned in political circles as potential contemporary faces.
Among girls leaders, the names of former Union minister Renuka Singh, ex-MP Gomti Sai and former state minister Lata Usendi are doing the rounds. All the three hail from tribal communities.
