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New Delhi: After ushering in a generational change in the selection of the Chhattisgarh chief minister, the BJP picked up three first-time MLAs, including a woman, a former district collector and a personal assistant-turned-MLA, among nine faces in the Vishnu Deo Sai cabinet on Friday...
With the swearing-in of these nine MLAs as ministers at the Raj Bhavan, the strength of the Sai-led cabinet stands at 12..
Significantly, the BJP chose her instead of former Union minister Renuka Singh Saruta, tribal leader and party vice-president Lata Usendi, or Pathalgaon MLA Gomati Sai...
Another interesting selection is Tanka Ram Verma who served as personal assistant of Maharashtra governor Ramesh Bais and Chhattisgarh ministers Kedar Kashyap and Dayaram Baghel..
In caste balancing, the presence of six OBC faces Sao, Choudhary, Rajwade, Verma, Devangan and Jaiswal in the cabinet shows the importance that the BJP puts on the section that comprises 44 percent of Chhattisgarhs population...
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