Breaking: Bhajanlal Sharma, first time MLA, to be Rajasthan's next Chief Minister as BJP ends suspense

Bhajanlal Sharma represents the Sanganer assembly constituency and served as the party's state general secretary four times. He won the Sanganer seat in 2023, defeating Congress's Pushpendra Bhardwaj with a margin of 48,081 votes. Nine days after the thumping victory in Rajasthan, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday ended the suspense and named Bhajanlal Sharma as the new Chief Minister of the desert state. UPDATES The name was decided at the meeting that took place at the party's state headquarters in the presence of BJP central observer Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and two co-observers -- national vice president Saroj Pandey and national general secretary Vinod Tawde. Former chief minister Vasundhara Raje and Union ministers Arjun Ram Meghwal, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Ashwini Vaishnaw were said to be among the frontrunners for the chief minister's post in Rajasthan, one of three states that the BJP won in the recent elections. However, as the day unfolded names like Kailash Chaudhary, Diya Kumari, Anita Bhadel were also doing the rounds. (With inputs from agencies)