# Mohan Yadav

Mohan Yadav (born 25 March 1965) is an Indian politician and businessman serving as the 19th and current Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh since 2023. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he represents Ujjain South constituency as Member of Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh since 2013.

## Early life and education

On 25 March 1965, Mohan Yadav was born in ujjain MP. He is married to Seema Yadav, and together they have three children- one daughter and two sons.
Yadav graduated from Vikram University with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree. He further pursued his academic interests and completed LLB, Master of Arts (MA), Master of Business Administration (MBA), and Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) degrees from the same university.

## Political career

A lawyer by profession, he has an MBA, and a PhD and master's in political science. Yadav won his first election in 1982, when he contested the student union polls at Madhav Science College in Ujjain. He was elected joint secretary. Two years later he became the president.Yadav went on to hold several posts in Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad at Ujjain City and state level, before becoming its national secretary in 1990-92. He got active in RSS in 1993-95, when he showed his organizational abilities as Ujjain Sah Khand Karyavah and was made state president of Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha.
In 2013, he entered electoral politics and ran for the Ujjain South constituency. He won by beating Congress candidate Jaysingh Darbar in the Ujjain South constituency of the 2013 Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election by 9,652 votes. Yadav got 73,108 votes, whereas, Darbar received 63,456.
He was re-elected in the 2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, taking the seat of MLA for Ujjain South. He won by 18,960 votes over Congress candidate Rajendra Vashishtha Raju Bhaiya.
In 2020, he was sworn in as a cabinet member of the Madhya Pradesh government under the former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. He was MP's Minister of Education till 2023.
In the 2023 Madhya Pradesh State Assembly Elections, he ran from the Ujjain South constituency and won.

## Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh

On 11 December 2023, BJP announced that Mohan Yadav will serve as the 19th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh along with Rajendra Shukla and Jagdish Devda as deputy. The announcement came after the BJP Legislative member's meeting. Following the BJP's victory in the elections on 3 December, the BJP held the legislative party meet with the Central observers to select chief minister for the state. In a surprising turn of events, the party named Mohan Yadav as the face of the new Chief Minister.
On 13 December, Yadav took oath as the 19th Chief Minister of the state in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, outgoing chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and several other dignitaries.
After taking charge Chief Minister Mohan Yadav banned the use of loudspeakers beyond permissible limits and time at all religious and public places as per the guidelines of the Supreme court. Yadav said the efforts to remove loudspeakers shall be carried out in co-ordination with religious leaders.
One of the first decisions taken by Yadav's cabinet is to enact a complete ban on the open sale of non-vegetarian food like meat, fish & eggs within the state as per the Food Safety Act and the guidelines of the Central government.
After the inauguration of Yadav's government, homes of three men who allegedly attacked a BJP worker were razed by bulldozers on 15 December 2023.

## Controversies
### Bajrang Bali welcome controversy

Controversy unfolded as a person dressed as Hanuman, a revered deity in Hinduism, welcomed the newly appointed Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Mohan Yadav, at an event in Ujjain. The incident, caught on video, depicted the individual mimicking flight to present Yadav with a garland while hanging from a crane.
The Congress party condemned the incident, with its spokesperson questioning the necessity of hanging a depiction of Bajrang Bali on a crane to welcome the Chief Minister.

### Prime Meridian Controversy

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav stirred controversy with his claim that India played a pivotal role in establishing global time standards around 300 years ago. Asserting that Ujjain still houses an ancient timekeeping instrument, Yadav announced his government's ambition to shift the Prime Meridian from Greenwich, England, to Ujjain, challenging the established international reference for time.

## Awards & recognition

* He was awarded by the President of India in 2011–2012 and 2012–2013 for promoting tourism in the state. Yadav's rise began with the ABVP. In 1982, he became the co-secretary of the student union of Madhav Science College, and became the president in 1984.