Madhya Pradesh cabinet expansion: Scindia takes the cake, as BJP drops names
Bhopal, July 02: The much-awaited Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led Madhya Pradesh cabinet expansion was held today (on Thursday) with 28 new ministers joining the BJP government. This was the second cabinet expansion of the MP Cabinet.
The new ministers were administered the oath of office secrecy by Governor Anandiben Patel at the Raj Bhawan in Bhopal in the presence of the state Chief Minister and party' Rajya Sabha MP Jyotiraditya Scindia. This was the second Cabinet expansion since Shivraj made a dramatic return to the helm of state affairs on March 23.
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Here is the list of Cabinet Ministers:
1.
Gopal
Bhargava
2.
Vijay
Shah
3.
Jagdish
Devda
4.
Bisahulal
Singh
5.
Yashodhara
Raje
Scindia
6.
Bhupendra
Singh
7.
Andel
Singh
Kansana
8.
Brijendra
Pratap
Singh
9.
Vishwas
Sarang
10.
Imarti
Devi
11.
Prabhuram
Chaudhary
12.
Mahendra
Singh
Sisodia
13.
Pradhuman
Singh
Tomar
14.
Prem
Singh
Patel
15.
Om
Prakash
Sakhlecha
16.
Usha
Thakur
17.
Arvind
Bhadoria
18.
Mohan
Yadav
19.
Hardeep
Singh
Dang
20.
Rajyavardhan
Singh
21.
Bharat
Singh
Kushwaha
22.
Inder
Singh
Parmar
23.
Ramkhelawan
Patel
24.
Ramkishore
Kanware
25.
Brijendra
Singh
Yadav
26.
Girraj
Dandotiya
27.
Suresh
Dhakad
28.
OPS
Bhadoriya
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The oath of office was administered by Governor Anandiben Patel at Raj Bhawan at 11 am.
The Uttar Pradesh Governor, has been given additional charge as Madhya Pradesh Governor in view of incumbent Lalji Tandon's hospitalisation. Patel took oath as Madhya Pradesh Governor.
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Earlier, when asked about the delay in cabinet expansion, state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan avoided a direct reply and turned to mythology.
"Only 'amrit' (elixir) comes out of 'manthan' (churning), vish (poison) is consumed by (Lord) Shiva," the 61-year-old BJP leader said without elaborating but indicating the difficult task before him.