At Lal Parade Ground in Bhopal on Wednesday, Mohan Yadav took the oath of office as chief minister. Sworn in as his deputies were Rajendra Shukla and Jagdish Devda. Yadav served three terms as an MLA from Ujjain South in Madhya Pradesh and was a former minister of education. Devda is a member of the Scheduled Caste (SC), but Shukla is the undisputed Brahmin face of the Vindhya Pradesh department. A group of prominent figures participated in the Bhopal swearing-in ceremony and will subsequently travel to Raipur. There were a number of central ministers present, including Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Meanwhile, at the Science College Ground in Raipur, Vishnu Deo Sai, a three-time state BJP chief and four-time member of the Lok Sabha, will take the oath of office as chief minister of Chhattisgarh. Many were taken aback by the BJP’s selection of two new candidates rather than more seasoned stalwarts. With regard to the deputy CMs, the party has not yet released an official statement. There are rumors that Vijay Sharma, an organisational leader who defeated Congressman Mohammad Akbar from Kawardha, and Arun Sao, the OBC representative from the Sahu (Teli) community and current state unit chief, will be sworn in as Sai’s deputies.
BJP leaders Jagdish Devda and Rajendra Shukla took the oath of office as Madhya Pradesh’s deputy chief ministers. Mohan Yadav, a BJP MLA, previously took the oath of office as the state’s chief minister. He was sworn in at the expansive Motilal Nehru Stadium, Lal Parade Ground in Bhopal by Governor Mangubhai C. Patel. Senior NDA leaders were present at the ceremony, along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The crowd cheered loudly when PM Modi arrived at the location of Madhya Pradesh CM-designate Mohan Yadav’s swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday, and BJP party workers chanted his name.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president JP Nadda, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath and Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami also arrived at the venue of the swearing-in ceremony of CM Mohan Yadav.
Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda arrived at Bhopal airport and they were received by Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, former Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and CM Mohan Yadav.
Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia met CM Mohan Yadav in Bhopal, ahead of the swearing-in ceremony.