Raghubar Das set to become the first non-tribal CM of Jharkhand

Senior BJP leader Raghubar Das is all set to be sworn in as the 10th chief minister of the Jharkhand state on December 28, 2014.

Raghubar Das will be the first non-tribal CM of the state, 14 years after Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar on the question of a distinct tribal identity.

The BJP itself has had two tribal chief ministers in the past -Babulal Marandi and Arjun Munda.

Jharkhand has had nine governments and three stints of President's Rule since it was created in 2000.

The party, which has an absolute majority in the 81-member Jharkand Assembly along with its ally All Jharkhand Students Union Party, will now claim the stake to form its fifth and the 10th government of Jharkhand.

Das won the Jamshedpur East seat with a huge margin of 70,000 votes.

A strong section of the BJP backed by party President Amit Shah had pushed for a non-tribal CM in the state. The BJP won in 37 constituencies while the AJSU bagged five seats. Das's elevation was made easier after former chief minister Arjun Munda lost from Kharsawan seat.

Raghubar Das, a former employee with Tata Steel, is the four-time BJP MLA from Jamshedpur East since 1995 and also the Urban Development Minister during the NDA government in the state.

Basically from Chhattisgarh, Das was born and brought up in Jamshedpur where his father late Chavan Ram worked with the Tata Steel plant. He did his schooling and college in Jamshedpur and joined the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad.

Das was one of 10 national vice-presidents appointed by Amit Shah after the latter took charge as the BJP chief in August 2014.

He has shown assets to the tune of around Rs. 21 lakh.