BJP's Surprising Leadership Shuffle: From Last Row to Chief Minister in Minutes
The BJP has named Bhajanlal Sharma, a first-time MLA and one of the party's longest-serving leaders in Rajasthan, as the new Chief Minister of the state. Sharma's unexpected elevation caught everyone off-guard, as he was seated inconspicuously in the last row of a group photo of newly elected MLAs. He hails from Bharatpur, a region that has not been favorable to the BJP, but won the Sanganer seat, a stronghold for the party. The BJP has also appointed two deputy chief ministers, Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa, in a move that reflects the party's caste/class arithmetic ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha election.