Vishnu Deo Sai has stepped down as an MP after winning the election as an MLA from the Kunkuri constituency in the Chhattisgarh elections 2023.
Vishnu Deo Sai has been appointed as the new Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. The decision was made during the BJP legislature party meeting held in Raipur on Sunday. At 59 years old, he is a prominent tribal figure in the BJP, and has previously served as an MP and Union Minister. Sai secured victory as an MLA from the Kunkuri constituency in the recent Chhattisgarh elections, with a total of 87,604 votes.
In the first Modi government, Sai served as the Union Minister of State for Steel, representing the Raigarh constituency of Chhattisgarh in the Lok Sabha. He was also the state president of the BJP for Chhattisgarh from 2020 to 2022.
Born into a farmer’s family in Bagia village of Jashpur district, Sai completed his higher secondary schooling at Loyola Higher Secondary School in Kunkuri, Jashpur. His political career began when he was elected unopposed as Sarpanch in the village of Bagia.
He is also a member of the BJP’s national working committee. In the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly polls, the BJP secured a clear majority with 54 seats, while the Congress had 35 seats, down from the 68 it won in 2018.
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