BH CORRESPONDENT, New Delhi: Days after the fall of Congress-led Kamal Nath’s government, BJP’s Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday was sworn in as the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, This is 61-year-old Chouhan’s fourth term as the chief minister. He is the 19th chief minister of the state.
Nath, who came to power in December 2018, resigned on Thursday just before the Supreme Court had set a deadline to prove his majority in a trust vote.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Chouhan on becoming the CM. “Congratulations to Shri @ChouhanShivraj Ji on taking oath as CM of Madhya Pradesh. He is an able and experienced administrator who is extremely passionate about MP’s development. Best wishes to him for taking the state to new heights of progress,”
“Congratulations to Shri @ChouhanShivraj Ji on taking oath as CM of Madhya Pradesh. He is an able and experienced administrator who is extremely passionate about MP’s development. Best wishes to him for taking the state to new heights of progress,” the prime minister said in a tweet.
“Congratulations to Shri @ChouhanShivraj Ji on taking oath as CM of Madhya Pradesh. He is an able and experienced administrator who is extremely passionate about MP’s development. Best wishes to him for taking the state to new heights of progress,” Modi tweeted soon after the swearing-in ceremony.
Congratulations to Shri @ChouhanShivraj Ji on taking oath as CM of Madhya Pradesh. He is an able and experienced administrator who is extremely passionate about MP’s development.
Best wishes to him for taking the state to new heights of progress.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 23, 2020
Jyotiraditya Scindia, who was with the Congress for 18 years, left Sonia Gandhi’s party and joined the saffron brigade. With him, 22 loyal leaders also resigned. Now, it goes without saying that he was instrumental in the fall of the Kamal Nath government. So, soon after Choudhan took the oath of the chief minister, he thanked Scindia and the 22 former MLAs who have resigned from the membership and joined BJP on social media. In Hindi he tweeted that Chouhan would never break their confidence.
जिन 22 पूर्व विधायकों ने अपनी पार्टी की सदस्यता त्याग कर @BJP4India की सदस्यता ग्रहण की है, मैं उन साथियों के प्रति आभार प्रकट करता हूँ और उन्हें धन्यवाद देता हूँ।
मैं उन्हें आश्वस्त करता हूँ कि उनकी उम्मीदों पर खरा उतरूंगा और उनके विश्वास को कभी टूटने नहीं दूंगा।
— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) March 23, 2020
And Scindia, too, congratulated the new CM of Madhya Pradhya on social media. Scindia said that for the development of the state, he will always be with Chouhan. He also posted a photograph of the two.
मध्यप्रदेश में भाजपा की सरकार बनने और चौथी बार मुख्यमंत्री का पद संभालने पर श्री शिवराजसिंह चौहान जी को हार्दिक बधाई।प्रदेश के विकास प्रगति और उन्नति में मैं सदैव आपके साथ खड़ा हूं।मुझे पूरा विश्वास है कि आप के नेतृत्व में मप्र विकास के नए आयाम स्थापित करेगा।@ChouhanShivraj pic.twitter.com/xWFfaRIjaT
— Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (@JM_Scindia) March 23, 2020