Bhopal, Dec 17 (IBNS) : Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath was sworn-in as Madhya Pradesh CM on Monday in presence of a galaxy of Opposition leaders, including Congress President Rahul Gandhi in what appeared to be a show of strength against the Bharaitya Janata Party ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Kamal Nath was administered the oath by Governor Anandiben Patel. Those present at the swearing-in ceremony included Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh, AICC general secretary Mallikarjun Kharge, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, his deputy Sachin Pilot, MPs Jyotiraditya Scindia, former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu. NCP chief Sharad Pawar, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, Loktantrik Janata Dal leader Sharad Yadav, DMK's MK Stalin, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and Kamal Nath's predecessor and BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan were also present.
Nath (72) has been sworn- in as the 18th chief minister of Madhya Pradesh. The nine-time Lok Sabha member from Chhindwara was elected as the leader of Congress Legislature Party on Thursday night.The Congress emerged as the single largest party by bagging 114 seats in the 230-member Assembly in the recently concluded state polls. It also secured the support of one SP legislator, two BSP and four independent MLAs to cross the majority mark of 116.
Former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan set an example of courtesy and sportsmanship as he not only attended the oath-taking ceremony but also came to the stage to personally congratulate all the senior Congress leaders on their victory. In appreciation of the gesture, Omar Abdullah took to twitter to post a photo of Chouhan, hoisting hands of Jyotiraditya Schindia on one side and Kamal Nath on the other in celebratory repose. " Respect for Shivraj Singh Chouhan. It can’t have been easy to do this & that too after such a narrow defeat," he wrote.
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