On day one of the third innings as the Chief Minister of India’s premier mining State, Raman Singh on Thursday vowed to speed up development in Chhattisgarh.
The doctor-turned politician Singh took oath as Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh for the third successive term of the BJP Government here at Police Parade Ground amid presence of about 25,000 people and almost the entire top leadership of the BJP and its allies — Shiromani Akali Dal and Shiv Sena.
“The journey of development in Chhattisgarh will more pace in my third innings, I will strive hard for welfare of 2.55 crore people and will do each and everything required to put Chhattisgarh as the number one ranked State of the country,” Singh told mediapersons at a Press conference.
BJP patriarch lK Advani, party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, party chief Rajnath Singh, former party chiefs — Nitin Gadkari and M Venkaiah Naidu, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, the designated Chief Ministers of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh Vasundhara Raje and Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, senior BJP leader from Delhi Dr Harsh Vardhan, Bihar BJP leader Sushil Modi, Uma Bharti, BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu, former Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda, Smirti Irani and Chhattisgarh’s former Minister and Congress leader Ajit Jogi were among the leading personalities who witnessed the swearing-in ceremony of Raman Singh who took oath at 11.40 am.
Governor Shekhar Dutt administered the oath of office and secrecy to the 61-year-old Singh who single-handedly led BJP to victory for the third time on the trot. The BJP has won 49 seats in the 90-member House despite shocking results in Bastar and a rout in Surguja.