INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
RAIPUR: Senior Congress leader and health minister TS Singhdeo will become the deputy chief minister of Chhattisgarh
AICC general secretary (organization) KC Venugopal issued a letter late on Wednesday, stating that Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has
approved the proposal for the appointment of TS Singhdeo as the deputy chief minister in Chhattisgarh government.Newly appointed
Chhattisgarh deputy CM TS Singh Deosaid, "First of all, I would like to express my deepest gratitude for this responsibility given to me by
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.I have been born and brought up in Surguja and Chhattisgarh accepted me and Congress leadership gave
me chances to serve the responsibilities
We have to go ahead by taking everyone together and try to complete the work in the limited time we have, asstate goes for elections.AICC
The state will benefit greatly from his services as deputy CM
We are confident that the people of Chhattisgarh will re-elect the Congress with a thumping majority under the leadership of Kharge ji and
Delhi where the party discussed the strategies for the upcoming elections scheduled in November.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, party
leader Rahul Gandhi, AICC general secretaries and senior leaders from Chhattisgarh were present in the meeting
The meeting was also held in the backdrop of differences between the organization that emerged after PCC chief Mohan Markam reshuffled the
came to power in 2018 uprooting the 15-year-old BJP regime
However, the mantle of government was handed over to chief minister Bhupesh Baghel.After the Congress government in Chhattisgarh crossed the
half way mark , a political controversy erupted with intense speculation that there was a formula for rotational chief ministership after
2.5 years.As Singhdeo camped in Delhi at that time, legislators supporting Bhupesh Baghel had rallied in Delhi apparently to oppose any
Later, the controversy died down.Since the assembly elections are due by November this year, Congress party has been making efforts to
Congress leader TS SInghdeo, who belongs to the erstwhile Surguja state in north Chhattisgarh is all set to become the deputy chief minister
during the last few months of the present Congress government as the assembly elections are scheduled to held in November this year.Chief
and state with the new responsibility and the state will earn benefit from his experience.(With inputs from agencies)WatchGrateful to
Congress high command for opportunity: Deo on being named Chhattisgarh deputy CM
