Chhattisgarh: Vishnu Deo Sai to be new Chief Minister of state

Raipur: Vishnu Deo Sai has been declared as a new Chief Minister of Chhatishgarh on sunday.

He is elected MLA from Kunkuri assembly seat and he comes from the tribal community.

Sai was also a former MP and former Union Minister.

The polling in the state was held in two phases, with the first on November 7 featuring 223 candidates and the second seeing 958 candidates put their electoral fates to the test on November 17.

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Of the 90 assembly constituencies in Chhattisgarh, the BJP bagged 54 while the Congress won 35. 

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