5 Facts About Jagdish Devda, New Madhya Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister
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Jagdish Devda belongs to the Scheduled Caste and contested Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls from the Malhargarh seat, defeating the rival candidate by a huge margin of 59,024 votes.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced Mohan Yadav, the MLA from Ujjain South, as the next Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, while Jagdish Devda and Rajendra Shukla will serve as the new Deputy Chief Ministers of the central Indian state. The swearing-in ceremony took place at 11.30 am at the Lal Parade Ground in Bhopal today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and chief ministers of the BJP-ruled states attended the ceremony.
Mr Devda belongs to the Scheduled Caste (SC) category. He contested the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections from the Malhargarh seat and won by 59,024 votes. On the other hand, Mr Shukla is a five-time MLA from the Rewa Assembly seat and has emerged as a strong Brahmin face of the party in the Vindhya Pradesh region.Here are five key facts about Jagdish Devda:1. Born in Rampura village of Madhya Pradesh's Neemuch district, Jagdish Devda is a six-time MLA and was first elected to the state Assembly in 1990.
2. He held the office of Ministry Of Finance in the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led government in the state.
