Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, has expanded his cabinet with the induction of three new ministers. The new ministers, Rajesh Shukla, Gauri Shankar Bisen, and Rahul Lodhi, were inducted at the Raj Bhavan on August 26. This move comes just months before the upcoming state assembly elections. Madhya Pradesh’s current cabinet now has 33 ministries, including the Chief Minister, and the maximum strength of the cabinet is 36.