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Monday, December 17, 2018

Kamal Nath sworn-in as Madhya Pradesh CM Monday Dec 17,2018

Kamal Nath has been sworn-in as Madhya Pradesh CM amid a scathing attack by the BJP following Sajjan Kumar’s conviction in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases. Nath has also faced allegations of involvement in the communal riots that followed then PM Indira Gandhi’s assassination. Countering the BJP’s attack, Congress asked the saffron party not to politicise the Delhi High Court’s ruling.

Kamal Nath was administered the oath by Governor Anandiben Patel. Those present at the swearing-in ceremony included Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh, AICC general secretary Mallikarjun Kharge, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, his deputy Sachin Pilot, MPs Jyotiraditya Scindia, former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu. NCP chief Sharad Pawar, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, Loktantrik Janata Dal leader Sharad Yadav, DMK's MK Stalin, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and Kamal Nath's predecessor and BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan were also present.

Former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, in exemplary sportsmanship attended the oath-taking ceremony of Kamal Nath and came to the stage to personally congratulate all the senior Congress leaders on their victory. In apprecaition of the gesture, Omar Abdullah took to twitter to post a photo of Chouhan, hoisting hands of Jyotiraditya Schindia on one side and Kamal Nath on the other in celebratory repose. " Respect for Shivraj Singh Chouhan. It can’t have been easy to do this & that too after such a narrow defeat," he wrote.

Respect for . It can’t have been easy to do this & that too after such a narrow defeat.

The freshly elected Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, along with his Deputy counterpart Sachin Pilot are also present in Bhopal for the swearing-in ceremony of Kamal Nath as the new CM of Madhya Pradesh

Kamal Nath (72) has been sworn in as the 18th chief minister of Madhya Pradesh. The nine-time Lok Sabha member from Chhindwara was elected as the leader of Congress Legislature Party Thursday night
The Congress emerged as the single largest party by bagging 114 seats in the 230-member Assembly in the recently concluded state polls. It also secured the support of one SP legislator, two BSP and four independent MLAs to cross the majority mark of 116.

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