MP Cabinet Expansion | 28 Ministers Likely to Take Oath; Work Towards Betterment of State, Says CM Yadav

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, ahead of the cabinet expansion on Monday, said that the new ministers’ council will work towards the betterment of the state under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior BJP leaders.

Yadav told reporters that the new cabinet ministers will be administered oath on Monday at 3:30 pm by Governor Mangubhai Patel.

“The new cabinet will work for the betterment of the state under the guidance of Prime Minister Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Bharatiya Janata Party president J P Nadda and state party chief VD Sharma,” the CM — who met BJP chief JP Nadda in Delhi on Sunday — said.

Sources told PTI that 28 ministers are likely to take oath as part of the expanded council of ministers.

However, CM Yadav refused to reveal the exact number and names of the MLAs to be inducted in cabinet. The state cabinet, headed by CM Mohan Yadav, has two deputy chief ministers, Rajendra Shukla and Jagdish Devda.

List of ministers who are likely to take oath today:

CABINET MINISTERS:

1. Pradumna Singh Tomar

2. Tulsi Silavat

3. Edal Singh Kasana

4. Narayan Singh Kushwaha

5. Vijay Shah

6. Rakesh Singh

7. Prahlad Patel

8. Kailash Vijayvargiya

9. Karan Singh Verma

10. Property Uike

11. Uday Pratap Singh

12. Nirmala Bhuria

13. Vishwas Sarang

14. Govind Singh Rajput

15. Inder Singh Parmar

16. Nagar Singh Chauhan

17. Chaitanya Kashyap

18. Rakesh Shukla

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

19. Krishna Gaur

20. Dharmendra Lodhi

21. Dilip Jaiswal

22. Gautam Tetwal

23. Lakhan Patel

24. Narayan Pawar

STATE MINISTER

25. Radha Singh

26. Pratima Bagri

27. Dilip Ahirwar

28. Narendra Shivaji Patel

The maximum strength of the council of ministers in Madhya Pradesh, which includes 230 MLAs — can be 35, including the Chief Minister. Preparations for the oath-taking ceremony are underway at the Raj Bhawan.

“After clinching a landslide victory under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, our double engine government will move under his leadership and that of BJP chief JP Nadda and Home Minister Amit Shah,” Yadav said on Sunday.

The Bharatiya Janata Party won 163 of the 230 seats, while Congress won 66 seats in the state assembly elections held last month. Yadav took oath as chief minister on December 13 along with Shukla and Devda, who were sworn in as his deputies.

(With PTI inputs)