The Chief Minister-designate Mohan Yadav’s swearing-in ceremony is set to take place on Wednesday, December 13, two days after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) declared him as the CM pick. Yadav will be replacing Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who has ruled the state for four terms.

On Monday, during an interaction with the media, Mohan Yadav confirmed, “The oath ceremony will be held the day after tomorrow, on December 13,” with Deputy Chief Minister-designates Rajendra Shukla and Jagdish Devda set to be sworn in on the same day.

“The party won the love and faith of 8.5 crore people. We are thankful to all of them for choosing me as their leader. The way the BJP is progressing under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we will continue the caravan of development under his guidance,” Mohan Yadav said, ANI reported.

While emphasising the development achieved under the leadership of former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Yadav stressed his commitment to serving the people and continuing the developmental initiatives, highlighting the BJP’s dedication to fulfilling promises and progressing under PM Modi’s leadership.

As a representative of the Yadav OBC community, Yadav expressed happiness at being entrusted with significant responsibility by the BJP, affirming his dedication as a party worker. He further said, “I am a soldier of the BJP. It has become the largest party in the world because it takes care of all its workers. I am happy that the party has given this huge responsibility to an ordinary worker like me,” he added.

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Meanwhile, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, congratulated Yadav on becoming the new CM for the state, saying, “Hearty congratulations to hardworking fellow Shri Mohan Yadav ji on being nominated as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in the BJP Legislative Party meeting. I am confident that under the able guidance of respected Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiji, you will take Madhya Pradesh to new heights of progress and development and will create new records in the field of public welfare. Many congratulations and best wishes for this new responsibility!”

कर्मठ साथी श्री @DrMohanYadav51 जी को भाजपा विधायक दल की बैठक में मध्यप्रदेश का मुख्यमंत्री मनोनीत किये जाने पर हार्दिक बधाई। मुझे विश्‍वास है कि आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी के कुशल मार्गदर्शन में आप मध्यप्रदेश को प्रगति एवं विकास की नई ऊँचाइयों पर ले जायेंगे तथा… pic.twitter.com/NkVo2PrV9x

— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) December 11, 2023

In other posts, Chouhan also extended best wishes to the newly elected deputy chief ministers, Jagdish Devda and Rajendra Shukla.

Madhya Pradesh went to polls for 230 assembly seats in a single phase on November 17, and the counting of votes was done on December 3. The BJP, battling close to 20 years of incumbency in the state, won a resounding mandate, securing 163 seats, while the Congress finished a distant second at 66 seats.