We can now officially put an end to the speculation about the new chief minister of Madhya Pradesh. Mohan Yadav was elected as Madhya Pradesh’s new chief minister during the BJP legislative party meeting on Monday. After the BJP swept the assembly elections, winning 163 seats and decisively defeating the opposition, there have been days of tense debates in New Delhi and Bhopal. Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the incumbent, Prahlad Patel, Jyotiraditya Scindia, VD Sharma, and Kailash Vijayvargiya were among the names that were becoming popular. The BJP named Vishnu Deo as its chief minister in Chhattisgarh, and today Madhya Pradesh has chosen its new chief minister.
As the minister of higher education in the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government, Mohan Yadav was supported by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
On Monday, Ujjain South MLA Mohan Yadav was announced by the Bharatiya Jantha Party as the next chief minister elect. Following a meeting at the BJP headquarters in Bhopal, the 58-year-old leader was formally named as the party’s legislative leader. The newly elected speaker of the assembly is union minister Narendra Singh Tomar, who resigned after winning an election.
As a party employee, I am a small worker. I express my gratitude to the entire group, including the state and central leader. As the chief minister-elect, Yadav declared, “I will try to fulfill my responsibilities with your love and support.”.
BJP observers, such as national secretary Asha Lakra, president of the BJP OBC Morcha K Laxman, and chief minister of Haryana Mnohar Lal Khattar, discussed the names with the winning MLA-elect during the meeting. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh supporters Mohan Yadav, who held the position of higher education in the Shivraj Singh Chouhan administration.
Yadav’s appointment as the next chief minister occurs ten days after the saffron party defeated the incumbent in the Madhya Pradesh assembly election, taking 163 out of 230 seats. Not having a chief ministerial face, the BJP had run for office for the first time in twenty years. At least 14 rallies were conducted in the state by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Â
Yadav, after Suderlal Patwa, Uma Bharti, Babulal Gaur, and Shivraj Singh Chouhan, will be the fifth chief minister to be nominated by the BJP. Chouhan was the CM for more than 16 years out of these.
2013 saw him win the same seat as an MLA for the first time. In both 2018 and 2023, he prevailed in the assembly elections while holding the same seat.
In the government of Shivaraj Singh Chouhan starting in 2020, Mohal Yadav served as a cabinet minister as well.
Over 13,000 votes separated Yadav from the winner in the 2023 elections. On March 25, 1965, Mohan Yadav was born, according to the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha website. Ujjain is where he was born. Poonamchand Yadav is his father’s name. Seema Yadav is his spouse. Two boys and a girl make up their family. BSC, LLB, MBA, and PhD are just a few of the degrees that Mohan Yadav holds.
