The cabinet expansion took place on Monday with a total of 28 leaders sworn in as ministers which include, 18 cabinet ministers, six ministers of state (Independent Charge) and four state ministers.
Following the expansion of the Madhya Pradesh cabinet, state BJP President VD Sharma on Monday said that people who are experienced and full of new energy have been inducted into the cabinet.
Following the expansion of the Madhya Pradesh cabinet on Monday, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav hoped that the double-engine government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi would do all the development work in the states.
"This team has Test match players as well as T20 players and so it is a very balanced team. Everyone will get a good opportunity to serve people," he said.
After the expansion of the Madhya Pradesh cabinet, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Krishna Gaur thanked the central and state leadership and said that she would fulfil her responsibilities with full dedication.
"I have full confidence that all the colleagues in the Council of Ministers will fulfil the vision and mission of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and make development accessible to the people standing at last mile," he further wrote.
A total of 28 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, including party heavyweights Kailash Vijayvargiya, Vishwas Sarang and Prahlad Patel, took oath as ministers in the Madhya Pradesh government as part of the cabinet expansion on Monday.
The Bharatiya Janata Party is organising several events across the country to mark the birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, which is observed as Good Governance Day.
CM Mohan Yadav, after meeting with Governor Mangubhai C Patel at Raj Bhawan in the state capital on Monday morning, told reporters that the new cabinet members would be sworn in and dedicated to improving the state.
MLAs, who took oath as ministers include Brijmohan Agrawal, Ram Vichar Netam, Dayaldas Baghel, Kedar Kashyap, Lakhanlal Dewangan, Shyam Bihari Jaiswal, OP Choudhary, Tankram Verma and Laxmi Rajwade.
Weighing in on his party's prospects in the Telangana Assembly elections, Congress leader and Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Sukhu on Wednesday said the people, while casting their votes, will be mindful of how the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) governmen