<span style="color: #222222;">In Madhya Pradesh, the oath-taking ceremony for the new cabinet will take place at 3.30 pm. Over 18 MLAs are expected to take oath as cabinet ministers today.<br />''</span><br />''The State cabinet headed by Mohan Yadav has two deputy chief ministers- Rajendra Shukla and Jagdish Devda. The maximum strength of the council of ministers in Madhya Pradesh, which has 230 MLAs, can be 35, including the chief minister. Preparations for the oath-taking ceremony have been finalised at Raj Bhawan. In the assembly elections held last month, BJP succeeded on 163 seats.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav earlier in the morning today met the Governor of MP and while speaking to the media after meeting with the governor said that the new Madhya Pradesh cabinet will be expanded today. On 13 December, Mohan Yadav took oath as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, and Rajendra Shukla and Jagdish Devda were appointed as deputy chief ministers. The maximum strength of the council of ministers in Madhya Pradesh, which has 230 MLAs, can be 35, including the CM. Preparations for the oath-taking ceremony of the new cabinet are underway at Raj Bhawan. Prahlad Singh Patel, Kailash Vijayvargiya, Krishna Gaur, Rameshwar Sharma, and Reeti Pathak,  are among the probable candidates who might take oath in the new cabinet today. </span><br />