The other CMs in BJP's long list of conquests
December 27, 2017  15:39
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Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, who took oath today, joins a rising band of relatively young BJP leaders picked by Prime Minister Narendra Modo and party chief Amit Shah to head their states as they groom a new generation of saffron leaders.


Thakur at 52 joins other second rung party leaders like Devendra Fadnavis (47), Yogi Adityanath (45), Trivendra Singh Rawat (57), Raghubar Das (62), and Manohar Lal Khattar (62), who were elevated as chief minister of their states after the BJP fought assembly polls without projecting a candidate for the top job.


The choice of these chief ministers besides Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal among others underline Modi's and Shah's thrust on grooming a new generation of young saffron leaders while nudging veterans, many in their 80s and older still, to make way. -- PTI
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