The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed Ujjain South MLA Mohan Yadav as the new Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, following a leadership change in Chhattisgarh. This decision has raised concerns for former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, who is actively seeking support for her leadership. The BJP s plan to introduce new leadership in all three states where it recently won assembly elections has resulted in the stepping aside of popular leaders like Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Raman Singh.
Rajasthan Chief minister: The wait to know who will be the new leader of Rajasthan might be over on Tuesday evening. There s a meeting planned for the BJP party at 4 pm, where they ll decide the new chief minister of Rajasthan. Bhajanlal Sharma, a BJP state leader, said the meeting will happen at the party s state office. Arjun Ram Meghwal, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Ashwini Vaishnaw are said to be among the frontrunners for the CM post.
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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav took a dig at PM Narendra Modi on Monday - two days after a survey by a United States-based firm said he had again topped world leaders' approval ratings - declaring "we know many who are No 1."