MP CM Shivraj Chouhan expands cabinet by inducting three ministers months forward of meeting polls 

By PTI

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday expanded his cabinet by inducting three BJP MLAs as ministers, a transfer coming just some months forward of the state meeting polls and apparently aimed toward balancing caste and regional equations within the council.

While one of many three new ministers, Rajendra Shukla is a Brahmin, two others, Gaurishankar Bisen and Rahul Lodhi belong to the Other Backward Classes (OBC) group. With their induction, there are actually 34 members within the Chouhan-led cabinet. As per the constitutional provisions, the quantity might go as much as 35.

State Governor Mangubhai Patel administered the oath of workplace as ministers to Shukla, Bisen, and Lodhi on the Raj Bhavan right here round 9 a.m.

Shukla, a Brahmin chief and four-time MLA from Rewa within the Vindh area was a former minister. Bisen, a seven-time legislator from Balaghat within the Mahakoshal area, can be the chairman of the MP Backward Class Commission, whereas Lodhi is a first-time MLA from Kharagpur in Tikamgarh district of the Bundelkhand area.

While Shukla (59) and Bisen (71) took oath as cabinet ministers, Lodhi (46) was sworn in as a minister of state. They are but to be allotted portfolios, a Raj Bhavan official informed PTI.

Lodhi is a nephew of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief and former Madhya Pradesh minister Uma Bharti, who has been opposing the liquor coverage of the Chouhan-led authorities and earlier took to the streets over the problem.

Bisen and Lodhi belong to the OBC group which makes up greater than 45 p.c of the inhabitants of Madhya Pradesh.

The inclusion of Shukla into the cabinet takes the variety of ministers from the state’s Vindh area to 4, whereas Bisen’s induction takes this rely from the Mahakoshal area to 2.

With Lodhi’s swearing-in, the variety of ministers from the impoverished Bundelkhand area has elevated to 5.

BJP sources stated the cabinet enlargement was carried out on the advice of the get together’s central management to beat anti-incumbency, stability caste equations, and handle regional aspirations.

The final enlargement of the Chouhan cabinet passed off in January 2021, months after he returned because the state chief minister for the fourth time period.

Even after the enlargement carried out on Saturday, there’s nonetheless room for another minister within the cabinet going by the conference that the energy of the council of ministers needs to be 15 p.c of the House.

The Madhya Pradesh meeting has 230 members.

Political observers stated the inclusion of Shukla within the cabinet will profit the BJP in consolidating its place within the Vindh area, the place Vindh Janata Party (VJP), a brand new political outfit backed by BJP MLA and a robust Brahmin chief Narayan Tripathi, will contest the upcoming meeting elections for the primary time, throughout which it plans to battle all 30 seats within the Vindh area.

In the 2018 meeting elections, the BJP received 24 seats within the Vindh space, whereas the Congress might bag solely six. This time, it has to beat anti-incumbency within the area the place the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is attempting to make inroads, they stated. Likewise, the induction of Bisen is prone to mollify the individuals who really feel that they have been uncared for by the BJP.

Before Bisen, there was only one minister from the world the place the BJP’s exhibiting within the final meeting elections was poor, they added.

In the final elections, the Congress received 24 seats, whereas the BJP managed to get 13 seats out of 38 meeting segments within the Mahakoshal area. An impartial candidate received one seat. Lodhi’s inclusion might also profit the BJP within the Bundelkhand area bordering Uttar Pradesh.

The saffron get together had put up a great present within the final election within the Bundelkhand area with 29 seats. It received 15 whereas Congress needed to be content material with 9. One seat every went to the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Lodhis account for a substantial chunk of OBC and yield energy in rural MP.

The BJP had wrested energy from the Congress in MP in 2003. Since then, it has been on the helm of affairs within the state, barring the 15-month interval between December 2018 and March 2020 when Congress was in energy with Kamal Nath because the chief minister. In the 2018 meeting polls, the Congress received 114 out of the 230 seats, whereas the BJP completed second with 109 seats.

The Congress went on to type a coalition authorities with the assist of independents, BSP, and SP beneath Kamal Nath.

However, that authorities collapsed after 15 months when quite a lot of Congress MLAs loyal to Jyotiraditya Scindia joined the BJP, paving the way in which for the return of BJP’s Shivraj Singh Chouhan as chief minister.

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday expanded his cabinet by inducting three BJP MLAs as ministers, a transfer coming just some months forward of the state meeting polls and apparently aimed toward balancing caste and regional equations within the council.

While one of many three new ministers, Rajendra Shukla is a Brahmin, two others, Gaurishankar Bisen and Rahul Lodhi belong to the Other Backward Classes (OBC) group. With their induction, there are actually 34 members within the Chouhan-led cabinet. As per the constitutional provisions, the quantity might go as much as 35.

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Shukla, a Brahmin chief and four-time MLA from Rewa within the Vindh area was a former minister. Bisen, a seven-time legislator from Balaghat within the Mahakoshal area, can be the chairman of the MP Backward Class Commission, whereas Lodhi is a first-time MLA from Kharagpur in Tikamgarh district of the Bundelkhand area.

While Shukla (59) and Bisen (71) took oath as cabinet ministers, Lodhi (46) was sworn in as a minister of state. They are but to be allotted portfolios, a Raj Bhavan official informed PTI.

Lodhi is a nephew of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief and former Madhya Pradesh minister Uma Bharti, who has been opposing the liquor coverage of the Chouhan-led authorities and earlier took to the streets over the problem.

Bisen and Lodhi belong to the OBC group which makes up greater than 45 p.c of the inhabitants of Madhya Pradesh.

The inclusion of Shukla into the cabinet takes the variety of ministers from the state’s Vindh area to 4, whereas Bisen’s induction takes this rely from the Mahakoshal area to 2.

With Lodhi’s swearing-in, the variety of ministers from the impoverished Bundelkhand area has elevated to 5.

BJP sources stated the cabinet enlargement was carried out on the advice of the get together’s central management to beat anti-incumbency, stability caste equations, and handle regional aspirations.

The final enlargement of the Chouhan cabinet passed off in January 2021, months after he returned because the state chief minister for the fourth time period.

Even after the enlargement carried out on Saturday, there’s nonetheless room for another minister within the cabinet going by the conference that the energy of the council of ministers needs to be 15 p.c of the House.

The Madhya Pradesh meeting has 230 members.

Political observers stated the inclusion of Shukla within the cabinet will profit the BJP in consolidating its place within the Vindh area, the place Vindh Janata Party (VJP), a brand new political outfit backed by BJP MLA and a robust Brahmin chief Narayan Tripathi, will contest the upcoming meeting elections for the primary time, throughout which it plans to battle all 30 seats within the Vindh area.

In the 2018 meeting elections, the BJP received 24 seats within the Vindh space, whereas the Congress might bag solely six. This time, it has to beat anti-incumbency within the area the place the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is attempting to make inroads, they stated. Likewise, the induction of Bisen is prone to mollify the individuals who really feel that they have been uncared for by the BJP.

Before Bisen, there was only one minister from the world the place the BJP’s exhibiting within the final meeting elections was poor, they added.

In the final elections, the Congress received 24 seats, whereas the BJP managed to get 13 seats out of 38 meeting segments within the Mahakoshal area. An impartial candidate received one seat. Lodhi’s inclusion might also profit the BJP within the Bundelkhand area bordering Uttar Pradesh.

The saffron get together had put up a great present within the final election within the Bundelkhand area with 29 seats. It received 15 whereas Congress needed to be content material with 9. One seat every went to the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Lodhis account for a substantial chunk of OBC and yield energy in rural MP.

The BJP had wrested energy from the Congress in MP in 2003. Since then, it has been on the helm of affairs within the state, barring the 15-month interval between December 2018 and March 2020 when Congress was in energy with Kamal Nath because the chief minister. In the 2018 meeting polls, the Congress received 114 out of the 230 seats, whereas the BJP completed second with 109 seats.

The Congress went on to type a coalition authorities with the assist of independents, BSP, and SP beneath Kamal Nath.

However, that authorities collapsed after 15 months when quite a lot of Congress MLAs loyal to Jyotiraditya Scindia joined the BJP, paving the way in which for the return of BJP’s Shivraj Singh Chouhan as chief minister.