Sunday, December 4 2005 20:15 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Bhopal: Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Babulal Gaur was among those sworn in as cabinet ministers in Shivraj Singh Chouhan Ministry here today (Dec 4, 2005).

Altogether 29 Ministers, including 19 of cabinet rank and 10 ministers of state, were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Balram Jakhar at the swearing in ceremony at Raj Bhavan.

Apart from Gaur, those sworn in as Cabinet Ministers are Raghavji Bhai, Himmat Kothari, Jayant Mallaiya, Narendra Singh Tomar, Rampal Singh, Kailash Vijayavergiya, Gopal Bhargav, Narottam Mishra, Anup Mishra, Kusum Mehdele, Chandrabhan Singh, Ramakant Tiwari, Vijay Shah, Jagdish Devda, Ajay Vishnoi, Rushtam Singh, Kamal Patel and Antar Singh Arya.

Those who took oath as ministers of state are Laxmikant Sharma, Prakash Sonkar, Tukojirao Pawar, Moti Kashyap, Paras Jain, Jugal Kishore Bagri, Meena Singh, Nagendra Singh, Gangaram Patel and N S Kushwah.

Yashodhara Raje, who was to be sworn in as a Cabinet Minister, was not present at the ceremony.