Ranchi: Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Raghubar Das took oath yesterday as Jharkhand’s 10th chief minister, the first non-tribal to do so. The 60-year-old Das, who will head a two-party coalition, made it to the venue to wild cheering by thousands of supporters after offering prayers at temples.
But the crowds thronging the Morabadi football ground here were disappointed as Prime Minister Narendra Modi failed to make it to the event because he couldn’t take off from New Delhi due to bad weather.
A thick fog in northern India also prevented BJP president Amit Shah, party veteran L K Advani and Home Minister Rajnath Singh from making it to Ranchi. Governor Syed Ahmad administered the oath of office and secrecy to Das and four ministers — three from the BJP and one from the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU).IANS
