BJP Tests Political Waters Ahead Of 2024 Polls With 3 New Faces As 3 New Chief Ministers

A tribal leader in Chhattisgarh, a politician from the Other Backward Classes (OBC) in Madhya Pradesh, and a Brahmin first-time MLA in Rajasthan - the BJP's choices for the Chief Minister's post in the three heartland states reflect the party's broader caste balance formula for 2024. The party's picks for the Deputy Chief Ministers and Speakers in the three states also reveal a carefully-crafted concoction of politics and caste. With the BJP eyeing a hat-trick at the Centre in 2024, the party, with its chief ministerial choices, has sent a loud message to please voters across caste lines.