Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav bans meat sales in open, loudspeakers in religious places
Madhya Pradesh’s newly appointed chief minister and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mohan Yadav has ordered a ban on the “unregulated use of loudspeakers in religious places and other public places”, as soon as he assumed chair.
Madhya Pradesh’s new CM also imposed a ban on meat sales “in the open”.
Mohan Yadav, the BJP legislature party leader and MLA from Ujjain South, was sworn in as the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh 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.
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.
Yadav, the three-time BJP MLA, is the 19th chief minister of Madhya Pradesh.
He is the state’s fourth OBC chief minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2003, after Uma Bharti, Babulal Gaur and Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Yadav’s appointment as chief minister also marks end of the era of BJP stalwart and four-time CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who dominated the state’s politics for close to two decades.
The elevation of Yadav, who was not among contenders for the CM’s post, is being seen as a move by the BJP to win over the numerically significant Other Backward Classes (OBC) community in other parts of the country ahead of the Lok Sabha polls due next year.
The OBCs account for more than 48 per cent of Madhya Pradesh’s population and form the core voter base for the saffron party.
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Published: 13 Dec 2023, 07:35 PM IST
