Bhupesh Baghel is credited with playing a crucial role in a landslide victory of the Congress in Chhattisgarh. Congress won 68 seats in the 90-member Chhattisgarh assembly.
RAIPUR:Chhatisgarh Congress president Bhupesh Baghel was declared the state’s chief minister on Sunday.The Congress on Sunday announced his name as Chhattisgarh’s new chief minister.He will take oath tomorrow (December 17) in Raipur.
Bhagel will be Chhattisgarh’s third chief minister and the Congress’s second CM in the state. Baghel, 57, is an OBC leader of Kurmi caste from Chhatisgarh’s Durg.
He had served as a transport minister in Digvijaya Singh’s cabinet in MP and later in Ajit Jogi’s Chhattisgarh cabinet in 2000. He served as Deputy Leader of Opposition in Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from 2003 to 2008.
Born in a farmer’s family in 1961, Baghel began his political career by joining the Indian Youth Congress in 1986. He was made its president in 1990. In 1993, he was elected as the MLA of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly from Patan.He is largely credited with leading Congress to a thumping victory in the recently concluded State Assembly elections.
Rahul Gandhi had the tough task of picking a name from four options-Bhupesh Baghel, TS Singh Deo, Tamradhwaj Sahu and Charan Das Mahant.
Gandhi posted an image with the four Chhatisgarh leaders on Saturday, sending a message that an agreement has been reached.
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