At a Madhya Pradesh cabinet meeting held in the temple town of Ujjain, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan ceded his seat to Lord Mahakal’s portrait, an act some former bureaucrats said was “unprecedented” in the history of the State and could have been avoided.
A large portrait of Lord Mahakal was placed in the middle of the rectangular table; the place reserved for the Chief Minister whenever he holds a cabinet meeting.