BJP MLA Gopal Bhargava takes oath as Cabinet Minister at Raj Bhavan in Bhopal. |
BJP MLA Yashodhara Raje Scindia takes oath as a Cabinet Minister at Raj Bhawan in Bhopal. |
Pradhuman Singh Tomar take oath as Cabinet Ministers at Raj Bhawan in Bhopal. |
Prabhuram Choudhary take oath as Cabinet Ministers at Raj Bhawan in Bhopal. |
Imarti Devi take oath as Cabinet Ministers at Raj Bhawan in Bhopal. |
The first cabinet of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan is going to be expanded on Thursday. The cabinet has new names along with Shivraj Singh's previous cabinet heads, i.e. senior MLAs and former ministers Gopal Bhargava, Bhupendra Singh, Yashodhara Raje Scindia, Vijay Shah.
BJP MLA Yashodhara Raje Scindia takes oath as a Cabinet Minister at Raj Bhawan in Bhopal.
In the new cabinet, 7 old faces from the existing cabinet and 9 new faces will be given the opportunity. Keeping in mind the Scindia's team, 9 will be formed from Scindia camp while 3 will be from saffron turned MLAs.
Here is the list of the cabinet members of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan's new Cabinet:
1. Gopal Bhargava
2. Bhupendra Singh
3. Yashodhara Raje Scindia
4. Vijay Shah
5. Jagdish Deora
6. Brijendra Pratap Singh
7. Faith Multicolor
8. Prem Singh Patel
9. Inder Singh Parmar
10. Usha Thakur
11. Om Prakash Saklecha
12. Bharat Singh Kushwaha
13. Ramkishore Kanvere
14. Mohan Yadav
15. Arvind Bhadoriya
16. Ram Khilwan Patel
From Scindia camp
1. Mahendra Singh Sisodia
2. Prabhuram Chaudhary
3. Pradyuman Singh Tomar
4. Imrati Devi
5. Rajyavardhan Singh
6. Ops Bhadauria
7. Girraj Dandotia
8. Suresh Dhakad (Rathkheda)
9. Brijendra Singh Yadav
From Congress to BJP
1. Hardeep Singh Dung
2. Bisahulal Singh
3. Andal Singh Kansana
From old faces, there was no consensus on Paras Jain, Gaurishankar Bisen, Rampal Singh, Rajendra Shukla, Sanjay Pathak, Jalam Singh Patel and Surendra Patwa.
BJP sources say that the issue of the post of the Speaker and Deputy Chief Minister along with the Cabinet has not been resolved. Shivraj Singh wants former Leader of opposition Gopal Bhargava to be the Speaker of the Assembly, but the agreement is not being reached. If Bhargava was made a minister, then Sitasaran Sharma could be re-elected as Speaker.
Till the appointment of two deputy chief ministers, there is no coordination between the power and the organization. Sources say that the High Command has given the state leadership the option of making Cabinet Minister Tulsi Silavat and Home Minister Dr. Narottam Mishra as Deputy Chief Minister from the Scindia camp, but this could not be agreed.
