Bhopal: Mohan Yadav, a BJP MLA from Ujjain South, was named the new Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh on Monday. 

According to reports, the 58-year-old leader was selected to lead BJP government in the state at a meeting held at the party headquarters in Bhopal. 

Yadav served as higher education minister in the Shivraj Singh Chouhan cabinet. The announcement came 10 days after BJP won 163 of 230 seats in the assembly election. 

Meanwhile, the state will have two Deputy Chief Ministers namely Jagdisgh Devda and Rajesh Shukla.

Union Minister Narendra Tomar will be Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker.

Yadav became MLA for the first time in 2013 from Ujjain Dakshin's seat. In the 2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, he was once again elected and became MLA from the Ujjain Dakshin seat.

Earlier on July 2, 2020, he took the oath as cabinet minister in the Madhya Pradesh Government headed by Shivraj Singh Chouhan.