Kamal Nath set to take charge as Madhya Pradesh chief minister

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Dec 14 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) chief Kamal Nath was announced as the chief minister of the newly-elected Congress government in the state, on late Thursday night. There will not be a deputy chief minister in Madhya Pradesh. The announcement comes after a prolonged delay following the nail-biting drama which saw the Congress dethroning the former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led three-term BJP government in the state. With 114 Congress candidates elected to power, the party fell two seats short of a total majority. However, after roping in elected legislators from the BSP (2), SP (1) and four independent candidates, the Congress inflicted one of the three major losses in the Hindi heartland of the country where the BJP registered resounding wins in 2013. 72-year-old Kamal will take the office of chief minister for the first time in a distinguished career in politics. A nine-time MP from Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara constituency, Kamal served as the pro-tem Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha (elected in 2014). He has also served as the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry in former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s first term and the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways from May 2009 to January 2011, among others.

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