RAIPUR - Ayurvedic doctor-turned-politician Raman Singh was on Dec 12 sworn in as Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh for the third consecutive term.
61-year-old Singh was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Shekhar Dutt during a grand swearing-in ceremony at the Police Parade Ground. The oath-taking ceremony was attended by BJP President Rajnath Singh, senior party leader L K Advani, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, among others.
61-year-old Singh was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Shekhar Dutt during a grand swearing-in ceremony at the Police Parade Ground. The oath-taking ceremony was attended by BJP President Rajnath Singh, senior party leader L K Advani, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, among others.
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parriker, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi and BJP leader Vasundhara Raje Scindia, Rajasthan Chief Minister, were also present during the grand function. Singh, the two-term Chief Minister who had an uninterrupted 10-year rule in the tribal-dominated state, earned the ‘Chawal Wale Baba” sobriquet for the popularity of his unique pro-welfare schemes including distribution of rice at Rs one and Rs two per kg to families belonging to extremely poor and below poverty lines categories. (PTI)
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