PCC chief Kamal Nath congratulates CM-designate Mohan Yadav

BHOPAL,

Former Madhya Pradesh CM and Congress leader Kamal Nath met Madhya Pradesh CM-designate Mohan Yadav.

“I congratulated him and promised to provide all possible help for the development of the State. We will make sure that as an Opposition, we will work for the better future of Madhya Pradesh...” said Kamal Nath after the meeting.

“Congratulations to Mohan Yadav on being elected leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party Legislative Party. I hope that as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, he will rule lawfully and without rancour,” Kamal Nath posted on X after the BJP legislative party meeting. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister designate Mohan Yadav, who has been named as the new Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, said that the oath ceremony for the state's new government will be held on Wednesday.

“The oath ceremony will be held the day after tomorrow, December 13,” Yadav said speaking to reporters on Monday at Bhopal. Earlier, the security was heightened at Yadav’s residence in Ujjain. Several personnel were seen setting up the security cameras and laying out the wires. Along with Yadav, Deputy Chief Minister-designates Rajendra Shukla and Jagdish Devda will also take their oath on December 13. “The party won the love and faith of 8.5 crore people. We are thankful to all of them for being chosen as their leader. The way the BJP is progressing under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we will take the caravan of development forward under his leadership,” Mohan Yadav said, speaking to ANI. The CM-designate said that he will take forward the development works started by former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. “I am at the service of the people. I will take forward the development works started by former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan. We will take forward the double-engine government under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi. We will fulfil all promises,” he added.

The leader from the Yadav OBC community said he is happy that the party has given this huge responsibility to an ordinary worker like him. “I am a soldier of the BJP. It has become the largest party in the world because it takes care of all of its workers. I am happy that the party has given this huge responsibility to an ordinary worker like me,” he said. Expressing gratitude to the voters of Madhya Pradesh for the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) win in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls, he said, “Besides the party, I also express gratitude to the people of the entire state who formed the BJP government with a thumping majority...” Earlier, Yadav was elected as leader of the BJP’s legislative party, 15 days after the party routed the Congress to win Madhya Pradesh. The outgoing Higher Education Minister thanked the BJP. The BJP, in a bid to soothe ruffled feathers ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha election, also named two deputy chief ministers Jagdish Devda and Rajesh Shukla.