Madhya Pradesh CM announcement LIVE Updates: The Bharatiya Janata Partty (BJP) is likely to announce the name of the next Madhya Pradesh chief minister today, December 11. Three central observers of the BJP, including Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, have reached Bhopal to take part in a meeting of the newly-elected party MLAs and decide on the next chief minister of the state. Some of the top runners for the Madhya Pradesh chief minister post are four-time MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Prahlad Patel, newly-elected Dimani MLA Narendra Tomar, Indore heavyweight Kailash Vijayvargiya, state unit chief VD Sharma and Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retained power in Madhya Pradesh following the November 17 polls, winning 163 seats in the 230-member assembly, leaving the Congress a distant second with 66 seats. Stay with LiveMint for Madhya Pradesh CM announcement LIVE Updates:
Shivraj Singh Chouhan registers for BJP’s legislature party meet
Madhya Pradesh CM announcement LIVE Updates: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday registered his name for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s legislature party meeting scheduled to be held in the state capital Bhopal to elect the CM of state.
Meanwhile, supporters of all the leaders are present outside the state BJP office and cheering for their leaders to become the chief minister.
Top runners for Madhya Pradesh CM post:
Madhya Pradesh CM announcement LIVE Updates: Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who is one of the top runners for the chief ministership, had been elected at the top post four times – 2005, 2008, 2013 and 2020. While he was a top choice, his cryptic tweet “Sabhi ko Ram Ram” had sparked off buzz among the political circles.
Another front runner for the MP CM post include Prahlad Patel, an OBC leader like Chouhan, former Union minister and newly-elected Dimani MLA Narendra Tomar, Indore heavyweight Kailash Vijayvargiya, state unit chief VD Sharma and Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia are being seen as front-runners for the post. Since 2003, all three CMs of the BJP in MP – Uma Bharti, Babulal Gaur and Chouhan – have been from the Other Backward Classes.
Newly-elected MLAs of Madhya Pradesh BJP take part in meet | Video
Madhya Pradesh CM announcement LIVE Updates:
MP CM announcement today?
Madhya Pradesh CM announcement LIVE Updates: The meeting of the newly elected MLAs has started a decision is likely to be taken on the name of the chief minister today. Will it be four-time chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan or will BJP decide on a new face? Stay with LiveMint for Madhya Pradesh CM announcement LIVE Updates.
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