"It is all-inclusive cabinet...": MP BJP President VD Sharma
Dec 25, 2023
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 25 : Following the expansion of the Madhya Pradesh cabinet, state BJP President VD Sharma on Monday said that people who are experienced and full of new energy have been inducted into the cabinet.
A total of 28 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, including party heavyweights Kailash Vijayvargiya, Vishwas Sarang and Prahlad Patel, took oath as ministers in the Madhya Pradesh government as part of the cabinet expansion on Monday.
"The new cabinet has been formed today; it is an all-inclusive cabinet. It has people who are experienced, full of new energy and innovative," VD Sharma said.
Chief Minister Mohan Yadav hoped that the double-engine government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi would do all the development work in the states.
"I hope that the double-engine government under the leadership of PM Modi will do all the development work... We will not leave any stone unturned in the matter of development. Will not compromise," Mohan Yadav said.
Meanwhile, 18 leaders, including Pradumna Singh Tomar, Tulsi Silavat, Edal Singh Kasana, Narayan Singh Kushwaha, Vijay Shah, Rakesh Singh, Prahlad Patel, Kailash Vijayvargiya, Karan Singh Verma, Property Uike, Uday Pratap Singh, Nirmala Bhuria, Vishwas Sarang, Govind Singh Rajput, Inder Singh Parmar, Nagar Singh Chauhan, Chaitanya Kashyap and Rakesh Shukla took oath as cabinet ministers.
Six leaders were inducted as Ministers of State (Independent Charge) namely Krishna Gaur, Dharmendra Lodhi, Dilip Jaiswal, Gautam Tetwal, Lekhan Patel and Narayan Pawar.
Moreover, Radha Singh, Dilip Ahirwar, Pratima Bagri, and Narendra Shivaji Patel took oath as state Ministers.
On December 13, the era of former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan came to an end as BJP MLA Mohan Yadav took oath as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
Rajendra Shukla and Jagdish Devda took the oath as deputy CMs, while former Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar will be the Assembly Speaker.
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 secured a victory in the recent assembly elections, winning 163 of the 230 seats.
