The Shivraj Singh Chouhan led Madhya Pradesh cabinet was extended on Thursday with the induction of 28 new ministers around three months after unseating the Kamalnath govt.

Acting MP Governor Anandiben Patel administered the oath of office and secretary at the Raj Bhavan.

The new ministers include 20 of cabinet rank and 8 ministers of state. The Chouhan ministry strength is now 34. 

Of the 28 new ministers who took oath in Raj Bhavan,  11 ministers from the Scindia camp, 9 are supporters of Jyotiraditya Scindia. Tulsi Silavat and Govind Singh are already ministers. In this way, 11 former pro-Scindia MLAs have been made ministers. With Scindia, a total of 22 former MLAs left the Congress and joined the BJP. Half of them have become ministers while some of the rest will be adjusted incorporates.

Looking at the new ministers, BJP seems to be most focused on the by-election in the state. Jyotiraditya Scindia has been given the highest importance as a strategy for winning more and more seats in the by-elections, while Shivrajs' old BJP leaders have had to be satisfied with the lack of participation in the cabinet.