BJP leader Raghubar Das on Sunday was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Jharkhand, becoming the first non-tribal leader to rule a state, which was carved out in 2000 of Bihar, to serve the tribal and reserved constituencies.
Das becomes the sixth individual after Babulal Marandi (once), Arjun Munda (thrice), Shibu Soren (thrice), Madhu Koda (once) and Hemant Soren (once) to be the CM of Jharkhand.
On Friday, Das was unanimously elected at BJP's legislature party meeting in Ranchi. His name was proposed by Sarayu Roy, who was another front-runner for the post and CP Singh and supported by all the party MLAs.
Along with Das, Nilkanth Singh Munda, Chandreswar Prasad Singh, Chandraprakash Choudhary and Louis Marandi were sworn-in as cabinet ministers.
However, dense fog forced Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah to cancel their visit to Jharkhand to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Das.
"Was to travel to Jharkhand to attend the oath taking ceremony of Shri Raghubar Das but am unable to do so due to weather conditions," the Prime Minister tweeted. "I would like to congratulate Shri Raghubar Das on taking over as Jharkhand CM & convey my best wishes to him," he said.
Dense fog here today forced Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah to cancel their visit to Jharkhand to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Raghuvar Das. "Was to travel to Jharkhand to attend the oath taking ceremony of Shri Raghubar Das but am unable to do so due to weather conditions," the Prime Minister tweeted.
"I would like to congratulate Shri Raghubar Das on taking over as Jharkhand CM & convey my best wishes to him," he said.
BJP chief Amit Shah was also to travel but could not travel to Ranchi for the swearing-in ceremony due to dense fog in Delhi, BJP media in-charge Shrikant Sharma said.
In another tweet, Modi said, "People of Jharkhand voted for stability. I congratulate them and pray that Jharkhand scales new heights of progress in the coming years," he said.
BJP chief Amit Shah was also to travel but could not travel to Ranchi for the swearing-in ceremony due to dense fog in Delhi, BJP media in-charge Shrikant Sharma said In another tweet, Modi said, "People of Jharkhand voted for stability. I congratulate them & pray that Jharkhand scales new heights of progress in the coming years," he said.
A five-time MLA, former deputy chief minister and BJP vice president Raghuvar Das andSaryu Roy, considered close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Breaking from fractured mandates in Jharkhand in the past, the BJP-AJSU alliance secured an absolute majority in the 81-member assembly this time. Out of total 81 assembly seats, the BJP won 37 seats while its ally AJSU Party secured five seats.
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