Former CM Kamal Nath takes oath as member of Madhya Pradesh Assembly
The Hindu
Kamal Nath & Sohanlal Valmiki take oath as MLAs in Madhya Pradesh Assembly, BJP wins majority of seats in 2023 polls.
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Kamal Nath on January 8 took oath as a member of the State legislative Assembly.
Newly elected Congress MLA Sohanlal Valmiki was also sworn in on Monday.
The State Assembly polls were held in November 2023.
Congress veteran Kamal Nath, who won the election from Chhindwara Assembly seat, was not in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal when the newly elected MLAs were administered the oath during a special session of the State Assembly in Bhopal last month.
On Monday, speaker Narendra Singh Tomar administered the oath of office and secrecy to Nath and Valmiki in the meeting hall of the State Assembly.
Mr. Nath had defeated his BJP rival Banti Sahu by 36,594 votes from the Chhindwara Assembly seat.
Congress MLA Valmiki won the election from Parasia seat in Chhindwara district by defeating BJP candidate Jyoti Dehariya by a margin of 2,168 votes.