Sharma will have two deputies—Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa.

Sharma will have two deputies—Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa.

Sharma will have two deputies—Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa.

The Bharatiya Janata Party sprang yet another big surprise on Tuesday when it picked first-time MLA Bhajanlal Sharma as the chief minister of Rajasthan.

Sharma’s name was announced after a meeting of Union minister Rajnath Singh and other party observers—Vinod Tawde and Saroj Pande in Jaipur. Union minister and BJP’s Rajasthan election-in-charge Pralhad Joshi was also present at the meeting.

"I am very happy. He will take the state ahead. His name was proposed by Vasundhara ji and I forwarded the name...I am not in line for a minister post," said Rajasthan BJP leader Kirodi Lal Meena.

Details awaited.