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Chouhan
takes oath of CM of Madhya Pradesh, begins second term
Bhopal, December 12 (Pervez Bari): Ebullient Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the mascot
of Bharatiya Janata Party, (BJP), in the just concluded Madhya Pradesh Vidhan
Sabha elections began his second innings when Governor Dr. Balram Jakhar
administered the oath of office of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and secrecy
here on Monday evening.
There were joyous scenes witnessed at the massive gathering of party workers,
industrialists and others who had converged from all over the state at the
Jamboree Maidan here in Bhopal, the venue of the oath ceremony.
Chouhan was BJP’s chief ministerial candidate and his election as legislature
party leader, which was held on December 10, was merely a formality, which the
newly-elected MLAs completed in a short time.
Party leaders termed five factors — local situation, local issues, selection
of local as candidate, local state leadership and the state government’s
performance played a crucial role in BJP’s success.
Chouhan took the oath in the presence of BJP Leader of the Opposition in the
Lok Sabha Lal Krishna Advani, BJP national president Rajnath Singh, Venkaiah
Naidu, senior leader Murli Manohar Joshi, Jaswant Singh, Ananth Kumar, Ms Hema
Malini, Ms Smriti Irani, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Ram Lal,
Prakash Javdekar, Madhya Pradesh BJP president Narendra Singh Tomar, former
chief ministers Sundarlal Patwa, Babulal Gaur and Kailash Joshi apart from
state organising secretary Makhan Singh, Prabhat Jha, Anil Dave, Thawar Chand
Gehlot, Mrs. Kamla Advani and Ms Pratibha Advani.
The Chief Ministers of the other states who were specially present on the
occasion included Chhattisgarh's Raman Singh, Uttaranchal's Bhuvan Chandra
Khanduri, Punjab's Parkash Singh Badal and Bihar's Nitish Kumar and Deputy
Chief Minister Sushil Modi.
Members of the outgoing ministry, outgoing MLAs, newly-elected MLAs, senior
BJP leaders and workers were also present. Musician Ravindra Jain and his
cultural troupe came out with Bhajans on the occasion. Dances of various
regions of Madhya Pradesh were also presented. Heads of various religions were
also present to bless Chief Minister Chouhan, who took the blessings of the
religious heads and saints for giving a fillip to the development and welfare
of the state.
The Jamboree Maidan reverberated with the National Song and slogans of “Bharat
Mata Ki Jai”. The oath-taking ceremony was conducted by Chief Secretary to the
Government of Madhya Pradesh Rakesh Sahni.
Meanwhile, Chouhan after taking the oath met industrialists, who had come to
attend the function. Speaking to industrialists he said efforts made for
industrialization in the state during his last tenure would continue. He said
apart from agro-based industries other industries would also be given impetus.
Born on March 5, 1959, Chouhan replaced Babulal Gaur as the Chief Minister on
29 November 2005. He has been a five-time Member of Parliament, representing
Vidisha in the Lok Sabha since 1991. At present, he represents Budhni, a
tehsil place in Sehore District of Madhya Pradesh in the state assembly.
Besides this, he has also served as General Secretary of the BJP and State
president, Madhya Pradesh BJP. He joined the Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh, (RSS),
in 1997.
Chouhan was a gold medallist in M. A. (Philosophy) from the Barkatullah
University, Bhopal. His father’s name is Prem Singh Chouhan and mother’s name
is Mrs. Sundar Bai Chouhan. He was married to Mrs. Sadhana Singh in 1992. They
have two sons. (pervezbari@eth.net)
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