On December 12, 2023, the BJP’s newly elected legislators in Rajasthan met to choose the Chief Minister. Their choice was Bhajan Lal Sharma, a first-time member of the assembly. His name was proposed by the former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.
According to Newslaundry, the party’s observer, Union minister Rajnath Singh, had handed Raje a slip of paper that allegedly carried the new Chief Minister’s name.