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Bhopal, Dec 25: As part of the cabinet expansion on Monday, 28 leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including prominent members Kailash Vijayvargiya, Vishwas Sarang and Prahlad Patel, took the oath of office as ministers in the Madhya Pradesh government.
In the meantime, 18 leaders, including Pradumna Singh Tomar, Tulsi Silavat, Edal Singh Kasana, Narayan Singh Kushwaha, Vijay Shah, Rakesh Singh, Prahlad Patel, Kailash Vijayvargiya, Karan Singh Verma, Property Uike, Uday Pratap Singh, Nirmala Bhuria, Vishwas Sarang, Govind Singh Rajput, Inder Singh Parmar, Nagar Singh Chauhan, Chaitanya Kashyap, and Rakesh Shukla, were sworn in as ministers of the cabinet.
Six leaders were appointed as Ministers of State (Independent Charge), which include Krishna Gaur, Dharmendra Lodhi, Dilip Jaiswal, Gautam Tetwal, Lekhan Patel, and Narayan Pawar.
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In addition, four leaders, namely, Pratima Bagri, Narendra Shivaji Patel, Dilip Ahirwar, and Radha Singh were sworn in as state ministers.
Earlier on December 13, Mohan Yadav, a BJP MLA, was sworn in as the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh. Rajendra Shukla and Jagdish Devda were sworn in as deputy Chief Ministers.
Narendra Singh Tomar, a prominent BJP figure and ex-Union minister, was unanimously chosen as the speaker of the Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly on December 20.
On November 17, Madhya Pradesh held a single phase of elections for 230 assembly seats. The results were tallied on December 3. The BJP emerged victorious, securing 163 out of 230 seats.
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