New Delhi, July 2 -- As many as 28 ministers, on Thursday, July 2, took oath in Shivraj Singh Chouhan's cabinet in Madhya Pradesh. Anandiben Patel, the Uttar Pradesh Governor who has been given additional charge of Madhya Pradesh administered the oath to the ministers.

"Manthan se toh amrit hi nikalta hai, vish toh Shiv pee jaatein hain (churning only yields nectar, the poison is drunk by Shiv)," Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister had said on Wednesday, July 1.

Several loyalists of Jyotiraditya Scindia, including BJP MLA Yashodhara Raje Scindia, Mr Scindia's aunt, BJP MLA Gopal Bhargava, Imarti Devi, Prabhuram Choudhary and Pradhuman Singh Tomar were among the ministers who were sworn-in today, July 2.

The cabinet expansion had been pending...