“Who is Mohan Yadav?” This was the question among hundreds of media persons and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters gathered outside the party’s Madhya Pradesh headquarters in Bhopal, after the news came out that he has been chosen as the next Chief Minister of the State.
The supporters, who were earlier raising slogans supporting the outgoing Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and other probables for the top post like former Union Minister and newly-elected MLA Prahlad Singh Patel, soon began to celebrate the announcement of the new leader, who will lead the BJP government in the State.
The decision came as a surprise for many who had long been speculated that if Mr. Chouhan is not repeated, the BJP might go with either Mr. Patel, Narendra Singh Tomar, also a former Union Minister and newly-elected MLA, BJP national general secretary and MLA Kailash Vijayvargiya, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia or the party’s State unit chief V. D. Sharma. Mr. Tomar will be the next Assembly Speaker.
