Mohan Yadav to be new Madhya Pradesh chief minister, Jagdish Devda & Rajendra Shukla named deputy CMs
Hindustan TimesThe Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday named Ujjain South MLA Mohan Yadav as the new chief minister-elect. Outgoing finance minister and two time MLA Jagdish Devda from Mandsaur and outgoing public relation minister MLA Rajendra Shukla from Rewa have been elected as deputy chief ministers. Mohan Yadav is congratulated by outgoing chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at the BJP headquarters in Bhopal. During the meeting, BJP observers including Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, BJP OBC Morcha president K Laxman and national secretary Asha Lakra discussed the names with the victorious MLA-elects. Yadav's anointment as the chief minister elect comes 10 days after the saffron party swept the Madhya Pradesh assembly election by winning 163 of 230 seats, successfully beating anti-incumbency.