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BJP MLA from Ujjain South Mohan Yadav being greeted by CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and State party president V.D. Sharma on his election as the BJP’s Legislature Party leader in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh on December 11, 2023.
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Mohan Yadav, the BJP MLA from Ujjain South, was elected as the BJP’s Legislature Party leader in Madhya Pradesh at a meeting in Bhopal held in the evening in presence of central observers, and is set to become the 19th Chief Minister of the State.
A source in the State BJP told The Hindu that the party’s government will also have two Deputy Chief Ministers and the names of senior MLAs Jagdish Dewda and Rajendra Shukla have been finalised for the same.
Mr. Dewda, however, speaking to The Hindu said that he was awaiting an official confirmation on the decision.
Mr. Yadav will replace Shivraj Singh Chouhan as the Madhya Pradesh CM, who has held the top post since 2005 barring the 15-Month period from December 2018 to March 2020 when the Congress was in power in the State.
In the recent State Assembly elections, Mr. Yadav won from his Ujjain Dakshin seat by 12,941 votes. He had won the Assembly seat for the first time in 2013 and also retained it in 2018.
A three-term MLA representing Ujjain Dakshin Assembly constituency, Mr. Yadav has previously served as Education Minister, in the incumbent Shivraj Singh Chouhan Government, between 2020 and 2023.
Mr. Yadav’s name was proposed by Mr. Chouhan at the BJP Legislature Party meeting in Bhopal. Mr. Yadav has also served as the chairman of Madhya Pradesh Tourism from 2013 to 2018.
Speaking to the media, Mr. Yadav thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit and BJP national president J.P. Nadda. He also thanked Mr. Chouhan and M.P. BJP president V.D. Sharma among other State leaders.
“A small worker like me has been given such a huge responsibility. It is only possible in the BJP. This is the BJP’s character. I thank the party for choosing me as the legislature party leader, he said.
“We will carry forward the development works started by PM Modi ji and Shivraj Singh Chouhan ji,” Mr. Yadav added.
Reiterating the BJP’s election campaign slogan “MP ke mann me Modi, Modi ke mann me MP”, Mr. Yadav said that the new government will work as per the Prime Minister’s dream.
