Raipur: On the occasion of 73rd Republic Day, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will unfurl the flag at Bastar District Headquarters, Jagdalpur. Assembly Speaker Dr Charandas Mahant will unfurl the flag at Koriya and take the salute of the parade. The list of chief guests who will hoist the flag at the district headquarters of the state has been released by the general administration department of the state government. Ministers, as well as parliamentary secretaries, have been made chief guests for flag hoisting at the Republic Day celebrations on January 26th.

CM Bhupesh Baghel Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu Mahasamund, Health Minister T.S. Singhdeo Kawardha, Agriculture Minister Ravindra Choubey Rajnandgaon, Forest Minister Mohammad Akbar Durg, School Education Minister Dr Premsai Singh Tekam Korba, Industries and Commerce Minister Kawasi Lakhma Dantewada, Food Minister Amarjit Bhagat Gariaband, Revenue Minister Jai Singh Agarwal Gorela, Urban Administration and Development Minister Dr Shivkumar Dahria will hoist the flag at Ambikapur, Women and Child Development Minister Anila Bhediya Kanker, Higher Education Minister Umesh Patel at Balodabazar and Public Health Engineering Minister Guru Rudra Kumar Mungeli.

On Republic Day, Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Manoj Singh Mandavi Raigad, Parliamentary Secretary Gurudayal Singh Banjare Balod, Parliamentary Secretary Vikas Upadhyay Bilaspur, Parliamentary Secretary Chandradev Rai Janjgir, Parliamentary Secretary Chintamani Maharaj Jashpur and Parliamentary Secretary Shishupal Sori will unfurl the national flag at Kondagaon. MLA Brihaspat Singh Surajpur, MLA Anita Sharma Dhamtari, MLA Mamta Chandrakar Bemetara, MLA Vinay Jaiswal Balrampur, MLA Chandan Kashyap Sukma, MLA Santram Netam Narayanpur and MLA Vikram Mandavi will hoist the flag in Bijapur.