The Chhattisgarh government on Wednesday appointed senior High Court advocate Prafull N Bharat as the Advocate General (AG) of the state.
This decision was taken at a cabinet meeting under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai.
Bharat will replace Satish Chandra Verma who resigned after the BJP took power in the state.
Bharat has been an advocate in the High Court for 32 years an and is an expert in civil, criminal, revenue, constitutional and arbitration affairs.