Baghel administered oath of office by Governor Anandiben Patel at the ceremony held at an indoor stadium in Raipur – CNN-News18
Bhupesh Baghel takes oath as the chief minister of Chhattisgarh.
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Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje greets Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu during Ashok Gehlot’s swearing-in ceremony at Albert Hall in Jaipur. (Image: PTI)
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Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CPCC) President Bhupesh Baghel will be sworn in as the Chief Minister of the state at 4.00 pm today.
Ceremony venue changed in Raipur
Meanwhile, the venue for Chief Minister-designate Bhupesh Baghel’s swearing in ceremony has been changed from Science College Ground to Balbir Singh Juneja Indoor Stadium in Raipur due to rain, according to reports.
Kamal Nath has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
MadhyaPradesh Governor Anandiben Patel has arrived for the ceremony.
Rajasthan Chief Minister AshokGehlot and Deputy Chief Minister SachinPilot have accompanied Congress President RahulGandhi for KamalNath's swearing-in ceremony to Bhopal.
MPCC PresidentKamalNathis set to be sworn in as theMadhyaPradesh Chief Minister shortly.
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MadhyaPradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) President KamalNath will be sworn in at 1.00 pm in Bhopal. ChhattisgarhPradesh Congress Committee (CPCC) President Bhupesh Baghel will take oath of office at4.00 pm in Raipur.
SachinPilothas been sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
AshokGehlothas been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
AshokGehlotand SachinPilot's swearing-in is expected to happen shortly.
Congress President RahulGandhi and former prime minister ManmohanSingh have arrived in Jaipur for the swearing-in ceremony.
Senior AAP leader to attend swearing-in
Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh is also expected to attend Gehlot’s swearing-in ceremony in Jaipur.
In what was seen as a major positive development for the opposition, AAP National Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had attended the opposition meeting in the capital on December 10.
Singh’s attendance comes at a time when AAP and Congress are trying to set aside differences and push for a united opposition to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi.
Key opposition leader who are not attending
# West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee. Senior party leader Dinesh Trivedi will represent the party.
# BSP supremo Mayawati and SP’s Akhilesh Yadav.
Leaders attending the ceremonies
# Congress President Rahul Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh will attend all three ceremonies.
# Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu.
# Former prime minister HD Deve Gowda and Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy.
# Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav.
# Loktantrik Janata Dal leader Sharad Yadav, DMK’s MK Stalin and senior leader Kanimozhi.
# Jharkhand Mukti Morcha’s Hemant Soren, Janata Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)’s Babulal Marandi and AIUDF’s Badruddin Ajmal.
# Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh.
Congress announced Baghel’s nomination as the third Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh on December 15, a day after it announced Gehlot as the next CM of Rajasthan. The Rahul Gandhi-led party had announced Nath as the next Madhya Pradesh CM on December 14.
Sachin Pilot will also take oath as the Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan today.
Bhupesh Baghel, Kamal Nath and Ashok Gehlot will be sworn-in as the new Chief Ministers of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, respectively today.
Gehlot will be sworn-in at 10.00 am in Jaipur followed by Nath at 1.00 pm and Baghel at 4.00 pm.
Follow the latest updates from the three ceremonies here.
