In three days, BJP appointed three chief ministers, three fresh faces and among three two had started their electoral political career as sarpanch.
Vishnu Deo Sai, who sworn in as chief minister of Chhattisgarh had a humble beginning in mainstream politics as sarpanch in his village Bagia. Similarly, the CM- designate of Rajasthan Bhajan Lal Sharma also started his career as sarpanch of his village Atari. However, chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Mohan Yadav had beginning in his career as MLA.
From sarpanch to CM
As a testimony to the beauty of democracy, Sai and Sharma both rose from lowest tier of democratic system to state politics and become chief ministers of their respective states. While, Sai had been four time MP, three time MLA and union minister of besides being state president on couple of occasions before becoming the chief minister, Sharma is the first time MLA. Though he has rich organisational experience. He has been four times organisational general secretary in state BJP.
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