Madhya Pradesh CM: In a surprising move, BJP leader Dr Mohan Yadav has been named as the next Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. He is an MLA from Ujjain Dakshin. 58-year-old Yadav will replace Shivraj Singh Chouhan as the Chief Minister of state. According to sources, the decision to appoint him as the CM was taken by the BJP high command on Monday.
Yadav became an MLA for the first time in 2013 from the Ujjain Dakshin seat. In the 2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, he was once again elected and became MLA from the Ujjain Dakshin seat. Later on Monday, Yadav met Governor Mangubhai C Patel at Raj Bhavan in Bhopal and stakes claim to form the government.
Mohan Yadav was Cabinet minister in state govt
Earlier on July 2, 2020, Yadav took the oath as a Cabinet minister in the Madhya Pradesh government headed by Shivraj Singh Chouhan. He was serving as minister for higher education in the outgoing Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's cabinet. On Monday, BJP central observers Manohar Lal Khattar, Dr K Laxman and Asha Lakra of Madhya Pradesh held a legislative party meeting.
The BJP on Thursday announced the three central observers, which include Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar, K Laxman, National President, OBC Morcha and Aasha Lakda, National Secretary for the state. During the 2018 assembly polls, the Congress returned to power with veteran leader Kamal Nath taking the oath as the chief minister but a political upheaval rocked the state in 2020 after then-Congressman Jyotiraditya Scindia, along with 22 loyalist MLAs, switched over to the BJP camp.
MP to have 2 Deputy CMs
Meanwhile, the state will have two Deputy Chief Ministers namely Jagdish Devda and Rajendra Shukla. Former Union Minister Narendra Tomar will be the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker.
Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections
Madhya Pradesh went to poll for 230 assembly seats in a single phase on November 17 and the counting of votes was done on December 3. The BJP, which had been battling close to 20 years of incumbency in the state, won a resounding mandate, bagging 163 seats, while the Congress finished a distant second at 66 seats.
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