Mohan Yadav named Madhya Pradesh chief minister

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on December 1 stormed back to power in the state and wrested it from the Congress in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh

Updated on: Dec 11, 2023, 17:42:54 IST

By Shruti Tomar

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Three-time MLA Mohan Yadav was on Monday named as the new Madhya Pradesh chief minister,succeeding four-time CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, days after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stormed back to power in the state and wrested it from the Congress in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. The announcement is the second in the three states. Yadav, MLA from Ujjain, was the higher education minister in the previous state cabinet led by outgoing chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

Madhya Pradesh’s new chief minstMohan Yadav being greeted by outgoing CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and BJP state president VD Sharma in Bhopal on Monday. (PTI)

Yadav was picked for the top post at a BJP legislature party meeting held in Bhopal 10 days after the election results were announced. His predecessor Shivraj Singh Chouhan earlier maintained that he was not in the race for the chief minister’s post. The BJP contested the 2023 assembly elections without a chief ministerial candidate with Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading the campaign.

Outgoing finance minister and two-time MLA from Mandsaur, Jagdish Devda, and outgoing public relation minister MLA from Rewa, Rajendra Shukla, have been elected as the deputy chief ministers. Former union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar has been elected as the Speaker of the MP assembly.

In the assembly of 230 members, the BJP won 163 seats while the Congress won only 66 seats in the election held on November 17. The results were announced on December 3.

In Monday’s meeting, BJP observers including Haryana chief minister, Manohar Lal Khattar, OBC Morcha national president, Dr K Laxman, and national secretary and tribal leader, Asha Lakra, discussed the probable names for the CM’s post with the MLAs.

Earlier, distancing himself from the race for the CM’s post, Chouhan had said, “I will continue to serve the residents of MP as their brother and maternal uncle which is a much higher post.”

PM Modi had held 14 public meetings during the run up to the election and the poll campaign was led by union home minister Amit Shah.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shruti Tomar
I have spent over a decade chronicling Madhya Pradesh’s political and social landscape, covering politics, investigative journalism, crime, human interest, and government policy, blending sharp insight with ground‑level depth. I have closely tracked three assembly elections, three Lok Sabha elections, leadership transitions in MP while exposing governance lapses, tender irregularities, and flawed policy rollouts. My reports have revealed gaps in the Cheetah project, irregularities in medical education, rigging in recruitment exams, and loopholes in policy implementation. In crime reporting, I have moved beyond FIRs to map systemic patterns — from organised crime networks and gender‑based violence to custodial accountability — balancing urgency with sensitivity. My journalism is defined by a commitment to human interest. I have profiled the marginalised Bancchda community, documented atrocities against tribal groups, and highlighted efforts to preserve their culture through heritage liquor and revival of spiritual practices. I have reported on farmers struggling with failed MSP promises, giving voice to those often reduced to statistics in policy files. Passionate about field reporting, I have reported on rampant sand mining in Chambal and Narmada, pharmaceutical companies supplying medicines under altered names, the dire condition of schools and colleges, the plight of commercial sex workers, and skewed sex ratios in specific districts. Beyond deadlines, and as HT’s state correspondent and assistant editor in Madhya Pradesh, I engage with ministers, farmers, students, and activists, believing the best policy stories begin with a single human voice. A postgraduate in Journalism and Mass Communication, I also hold a diploma in sports journalism.Read More

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