Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and Congress Rajya Sabha MP, Digvijaya Singh, on Thursday said the party's central leaders will decide the leader of the legislative party in the state.
Soon after assuming office on Wednesday, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav signed the first order regarding a decision to use sound amplifiers --loud speakers, DJs-- only according to the prescribed norms at any type of religious place or other places in the state.
Ahead of his swearing-in-ceremony, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister-designate Mohan Yadav on Wednesday said that the state would follow the footsteps just in the way Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading the country.
Former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan took stock of preparations for the oath ceremony in Bhopal on Tuesday and said that it is his duty and responsibility to ensure proper arrangements for the "dignified ceremony."
The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled to be held at Motilal Nehru Stadium, Lal Parade ground in the state capital Bhopal on Wednesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Amit Shah, BJP National President JP Nadda and others will be present at the ceremony.
Amid suspense over the Chief Minister's candidate in Madhya Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) central observer and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar met Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday.
The media advisor of former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath rejected the reports of the leader resigning from the post of Congress state president in the wake of the party's drubbing in the Assembly elections and called them "baseless".
Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath is likely to step down as the Congress state president in the wake of the party's drubbing in the Assembly elections, sources said on Tuesday.c
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday said that he has only one resolution to enable the BJP to register victory in 29 Lok Sabha seats in the upcoming general elections.