Mohan Yadav, the Bharatiya Janata Party legislature party leader and MLA from Ujjain South, was sworn in as the new chief minister of Madhya Pradesh in Bhopal on Wednesday.
The 58-year-old leader was administered the oath of office by Governor Mangubhai Patel at the Lal Parade Ground in state capital Bhopal.
BJP legislators Jagdish Devda and Rajendra Shukla were sworn in as the deputy chief ministers by the governor.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president J P Nadda and Yadav's predecessor Shivraj Singh Chouhan were present at the event.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, Union ministers Jyotiraditya Scindia were also present on the occasion.
