As many as 28 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders took the oath as cabinet ministers in the Madhya Pradesh government on Monday, December 25, at Raj Bhawan in Bhopal.
The expansion witnessed 18 leaders, including Kailash Vijayvargiya, Vishwas Sarang, Pradhuman Singh Tomar and Prahlad Singh Patel, assuming roles as cabinet ministers, while 6 leaders were sworn in as Ministers of State (Independent Charge), and 4 as state Ministers.
#WATCH | Madhya Pradesh Cabinet expansion: BJP leaders Kailash Vijayvargiya, Vishwas Sarang and other party MLAs take oath as Madhya Pradesh cabinet ministers in Bhopal
A total of 28 BJP leaders are taking oath as ministers. 18 leaders including Pradhuman Singh Tomar, Prahlad… pic.twitter.com/lBZfmyqkwR— ANI (@ANI) December 25, 2023
The BJP MLAs who took oath as cabinet ministers were Kailash Vijayvargiya, Pradhuman Singh Tomar, Prahlad Singh Patel, Sampatiya Uikey, Kuwar Vijay Shah, Rakesh Singh, Karan Singh Verma, Uday Pratap Singh, Vishwas Sarang and Lakhan Patel.
Narendra Shivaji Patel, Pratima Bagri and Radha Singh took oath as state ministers.
The oath-taking ceremony, held at 3:30 pm in Bhopal, marked a crucial step in the reshaping of the Madhya Pradesh cabinet. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, after a meeting with BJP president JP Nadda in New Delhi on Sunday, announced the expansion.
The MP cabinet headed by Yadav has two deputy chief ministers- Rajendra Shukla and Jagdish Devda. The maximum strength of the council of ministers in Madhya Pradesh, which has 230 MLAs, can be 35, including the CM.
"After clinching a landslide victory under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, our double engine government will move ahead under his leadership and that of JP Nadda and Home Minister Amit Shah," Yadav said.
In the assembly elections held last month, the BJP won 163 seats and Congress 66. Yadav took oath as chief minister on December 13 along with Shukla and Devda who were sworn in as Deputy CMs.
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