Vishnu Deo Sai, face of Scheduled Tribes in Chhattisgarh, is the lone representative from the state to be sworn in as Minister of State in the Narendra Modi government.
50-year-old Sai, a fourth time MP, represents Raigarh constituency.
50-year-old Sai, a fourth time MP, represents Raigarh constituency.
Vishnu Deo Sai, face of Scheduled Tribes in Chhattisgarh, is the lone representative from the state to be sworn in as Minister of State in the Narendra Modi government.
50-year-old Sai, a fourth time MP, represents Raigarh constituency.
Sai, a tribal leader, was crucial in ensuring BJP's victory in Chhattisgarh Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
BJP had won 49 seats in the 90-member Assembly in 2013 and won ten out of 11 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
Sai, who heads the state BJP, is considered a close aide of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh.
He was a member of Madhya Pradesh Assembly for two consecutive terms - 1990-98 - before the state was carved out in 2000. He was elected to Lok Sabha in 1999, 2004 and 2009.
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