New Delhi: Twenty-eight Ministers, who joined the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in Madhya Pradesh, were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Anandiben Patel at Raj Bhawan in Bhopal on Thursday.
Notably, this is the second cabinet expansion since Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan returned to the helm of state affairs on March 23.
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# BJP MLA Yashodhara Raje Scindia takes oath as a Cabinet Minister at Raj Bhawan in Bhopal. Governor Anandiben Patel administers oath of office. BJP MLA Gopal Bhargava has also taken oath as a Cabinet Minister at a function in Bhopal.
# Imarti Devi, Prabhuram Choudhary, and Pradhuman Singh Tomar take oath as Cabinet Ministers at Raj Bhawan in Bhopal.
Madhya Pradesh: Imarti Devi, Prabhuram Choudhary (pic 2), and Pradhuman Singh Tomar (pic 3) take oath as Cabinet Ministers at Raj Bhawan in Bhopal. pic.twitter.com/EeSSdELZJQ
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The leaders who became a part of the cabinet are, Gopal Bhargava, Vijay Shah, Jagdish Devdha, Bisahulal Singh, Yashodhara Raje Scindia, Bhupendra Singh, Adal Singh Kansana, Brijendra Pratap Singh, Vishwas Sarang, Imarti Devi, Dr Prabhuram Chaudhary, Mahendra Singh Sisodia, Pradhumn Singh Tomar, Prem Singh Patel, Om Prakash Sakhlecha, Usha Thakur, Arvind Bhadoriya, Dr Mohan Yadav, Hardeep Singh Dang, Rajvardhan Singh, Prem Singh Dattigaon, Bharat Singh Kushwaha, Inder Singh Parmar, Ram Khelwan Patel, Ramkishore Kanware, Brijendra Singh Yadav, Girraj Dandotiya, Suresh Dhakad and OPS Bhadoriya.
“Manthan se toh amrit hi nikalta hai, vish toh Shiv pee jaatein hain (churning only yields nectar, the poison is drunk by Shiv),” Mr Chouhan said on Wednesday. In political circles, the statement is seen as an admission that the expanded cabinet might not include ministers, whom he wanted in his team.
