Mohan Yadav takes oath as MP CM
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Bhopal: Mohan Yadav - a third time MLA from an Other Backward Classes (OBC) with strong roots in the Hindu nationalist Rashtrya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) took oath as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister on Wednesday.
Two Deputy Chief Ministers - Jagdish Devda and Rajendra Shukla -- both of whom have been ministers in previous tenure of the state government, also took oath.
The swearing-in was conducted by Madhya Pradesh’s Governor Mangubhai Patel in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Amit Shah, BJP’s national head J. P. Nadda and the Chief Ministers of several states ruled by the saffron party.
Yadav - a wrestler and a businessman-turned-politician became the 19th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh since the state came into exist in 1952. Ravishankar Shukla was the first CM (1952-1956) of Madhya Pradesh.
