Bhupesh Baghel is Chhattisgarh's new chief minister

New Delhi, December 16: Chhattisgarh Congress chief Bhupesh Baghel, the man who led the team that inflicted the BJP s worst defeat in this set of assembly elections, will get the top priority job in the state.

In this regard, He and his counterparts in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh will take oath as chief ministers in three back-to-back ceremonies on Monday, seen as a mega show of opposition unity ahead of the national elections next year.

For this massive event, Mr Gandhi will attend all the events.

He will take oath tomorrow (December 17) in Raipur. The announcement came four days after assembly election results for the state were announced.

Bhupesh Baghel is credited with playing a crucial role in a landslide victory of the Congress in Chhattisgarh. Congress won 68 seats in the 90-member Chhattisgarh assembly. Representing Patan Assembly constituency in Durg district, Baghel is the president of Chhattisgarh Congress since October 2014.