In the first of two BJP swearing-ins today, Mohan Yadav took oath as the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, among others. 

Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel also administered the oath of office to Deputy Chief Ministers Rajendra Shukla and Jagdish Devda. 

Elected as an MLA from the Ujjain South constituency in last month’s elections, Mr Yadav was a minister in the previous Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in Madhya Pradesh. He is considered to be close to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and belongs to the Other Backward Classes (OBCs), which make up over 48% of the state’s population.

The 58-year-old won his first Assembly election from Ujjain South in 2013 and was re-elected in 2018