Congress appoints Charan Das Mahant as LoP in Chhattisgarh, Deepak Baij to continue as state chief

Chhattisgarh: Congress on Saturday appointed Charan Das Mahant Chief of the Opposition in Chhattisgarh and determined to proceed with Lok Sabha MP Deepak Baij as state chief regardless of the debacle within the lately concluded meeting elections. 

Congress Common Secretary Ok C Venugopal mentioned that the celebration President Mallikarjun Kharge has permitted the proposal of the appointment of each leaders. “Congress President has permitted the proposal of the appointment of Shri Charan Das Mahant because the CLP Chief of Chhattisgarh, with quick impact. Congress President has additionally permitted the proposal to proceed Shri Deepak Baij because the President of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee,” the assertion reads.

Notably, of the 90 meeting constituencies in Chhattisgarh, the BJP bagged 54 whereas the Congress gained 35.  The polling within the state was held in two phases, with the primary on November 7 that includes 223 candidates and the second seeing 958 candidates put their electoral fates to the check on November 17.

Who’s Charan Das Mahant?

Charan Das Mahant, hailing from the Different Backward Courses, is widely known as a impartial determine with broad acceptance amongst totally different factions throughout the celebration within the state. He gained his first Lok Sabha election in 1998. In 2009, he turned the only real Congress Member of Parliament from Chhattisgarh.

After coming into the political area, Mahant ascended to the place of a minister in Arjun Singh’s Madhya Pradesh authorities in 1988, marking his political trajectory. He additional superior to roles of significance, serving because the Dwelling Minister and later assuming the portfolio of Excise and Public Relations Minister in Digvijaya Singh’s state authorities in 1993.

In 1998, he secured his first Lok Sabha ticket from the Janjgir constituency, marking his entry into the Parliament. Throughout the UPA’s second time period in energy in 2009, he served because the Union Minister of State for Agriculture within the Manmohan Singh authorities.

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