Bhajan Lal Sharma to take oath as CM of Rajasthan today
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Jaipur: Bhajan Lal Sharma will be sworn in as the chief minister of Rajasthan today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and BJP President JP Nadda will be present.
The historic Albert Hall, where a sizable crowd is expected to witness the ceremony, has undergone extensive security and seating arrangements.
Till Thursday evening, people were seen giving a final touch to make the arrangements grand for the occasion.
A spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said invitations have been sent to central leaders and state chief ministers for the ceremony, PTI reported.
The main roads leading up to the state capital have been decorated with posters and banners of various welfare schemes of the Centre as well as cut-outs of leaders, he added.
The swearing-in ceremony of Mr Sharma and his deputies -- Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa -- will be held on Friday.
The three will be administered the oath by Governor Kalraj Mishra.
The BJP won 115 seats in the November 25 Assembly polls in the desert state while the Congress got 69. Polling was held on 199 of the 200 seats in the Assembly.
Mr Sharma, a first-time MLA, was announced as the chief minister-designate during a BJP legislature party meeting on Tuesday, in the presence of the party's central observers Rajnath Singh, Saroj Pandey and Vinod Tawde.
Vidhyadhar Nagar MLA Diya Kumari and Dudu MLA Bairwa were picked as deputy chief ministers and Ajmer North MLA Vasudev Devnani as the speaker of the Assembly.