Madhya Pradesh cabinet gets 3 new ministers ahead of assembly polls
India TodayMadhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday expanded his cabinet by inducting three BJP MLAs as ministers just months ahead of the state assembly polls to be held by the end of the year. Former minister and a four-time MLA from Rewa, Rajendra Shukla, a Brahmin leader, Gaurishankar Bisen, a seven-time legislator from Balaghat in the Mahakoshal region who is also the chairman of the MP Backward Class Commission and first-time MLA from Khargapur in Tikamgarh district of Bundelkhand region Rahul Lodhi took oath as ministers. Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel administered the oath of office as ministers to three legislators at the Raj Bhavan in Bhopal around 9 am. The inclusion of Shukla takes the number of ministers from the state's Vindh region to four, while Bisen's induction takes this count in the Mahakoshal region to two.