Newly appointed Dy CM designate of Madhya Pradesh, Rajendra Shukla (59) has an engineering background. He emerged as a prominent Brahmin leader in the Vindhya region in the last 15 years.
Instead of backing veterans, the BJP leadership seems to be experimenting with a new set of leaders, who are seen as relatively young, aggressive, come with a fresh a political vigour and are expected to lead the party into the next decade.
A tribal face and also a political veteran who served as a Union minister, Vishnu Deo Sai emerged as the dark horse of the week-long suspense over the chief minister post of Chhattisgarh.