The Congress on Sunday announced Bhupesh Baghel name as Chhattisgarh's new chief minister. He will take oath tomorrow (December 17) in Raipur. The announcement came four days after assembly election results for the state were announced. Baghel will be Chhattisgarh's third chief minister and the Congress's second CM in the state. He is a leader of the Kurmi community.
Congress won 68 seats in the 90-member Chhattisgarh assembly. Representing Patan Assembly constituency in Durg district, Baghel is the president of Chhattisgarh Congress since October 2014.
West Bengal Governor RN Ravi has dissolved the state legislative assembly with effect from May 7 after completion of its term. With this, Mamata Banerjee, who refused to resign after TMC's debacle in the assembly poll, is no longer the chief minister.
Days after Congress severed its long-standing alliance with DMK to extend conditional support to the TVK, the DMK passed a resolution condemning the grand old party for betrayal and said the 'INDIA bloc is gone'.
The big focus of this episode 5 Live is on the political standoff in Tamil Nadu, where Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has paused the swearing-in of TVK chief Vijay asking to return only after securing signatures of 118 MLAs to prove majority support.
This episode of So Sorry is a funny take on Vijay's blockbuster entry into Tamil Nadu politics in the just concluded assembly election and who is all set to become the chief minister.
