He has served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Ujjain on three occasions and held the position of education minister in the previous government under the leadership of Chouhan.
Mohan Yadav, the MLA from rom Ujjain South, will be sworn in as the next chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, the BJP announced Monday. Yadav will succeed Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who completed four terms as the CM of the state where the BJP registered a thumping victory in the assembly elections last week.
The 58-year-old OBC leader was elected as the BJP’s legislature party leader in Madhya Pradesh at a meeting in Bhopal held in the evening in presence of central observers, the BJP said.
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A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Ujjain for three terms, Yadav was serving as the education minister in the previous government under Chouhan. He was awarded by the President in 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 for tourism development in Madhya Pradesh.
“This is for new energy, new hope, new development. In the new India, Modiji is working for, Madhya Pradesh will lead as a model. The state under new leadership will fulfil his dreams,” BJP general secretary and party MLA Kailash Vijayvargiya told The Indian Express.
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First published on: 11-12-2023 at 16:52 IST
