Seven-time Balaghat MLA and president of state backward commission, Gaurishankar Bisen, and four-time Rewa MLA Rajendra Shukla took oath as cabinet ministers while Khargapur MLA Rahul Lodhi took oath as minister of state. With the expansion, the total number of ministers in the state went up to 34, including CM Chouhan. The new ministers will get only a month and a half to work till the model code of conduct kicks in.
