{
  "id": 17515500,
  "title": "MP CM Mohan Yadav Surpasses Sunderlal Patwa To Become BJP's Second Longest-Serving Chief Minister After Shivraj Singh Chouhan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/mp-cm-mohan-yadav-surpasses-sunderlal-patwa-to-become-bjps-second",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-01T01:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/mp-cm-mohan-yadav-surpasses-sunderlal-patwa-to-become-bjps-second-longest-serving-chief-minister-after-shivraj-singh-chouhan"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mohan Yadav has surpassed Sunderlal Patwa to become the second longest-serving BJP chief minister in Madhya Pradesh, according to updated information. Shivraj Singh Chouhan presently holds the record for the longest tenure as BJP chief minister in the state. Patwa held the position twice before being overtaken by Yadav. However, a significant difference exists between Chouhan's and Yadav's tenures, with Chouhan serving for an impressive 16 years and 283 days compared to Yadav's 2 years and 322 days. Other BJP chief ministers, such as Veerendra Saklecha, Veerendra Saklecha, Babulal Gaur, and Uma Bharti, have served shorter terms, with the shortest being Uma Bharti's 259 days. The Congress party has had more chief ministers in the state than the BJP, with Digvijaya Singh serving the longest term for the Congress at ten years and one day. Other notable Congress chief ministers include Ravishankar Shukla, who served six years and 340 days, and Arjun Singh, who completed five years and 258 days in office.",
  "summary": "Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Mohan Yadav has become the second longest-serving chief minister of the BJP in the state. Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan remains the longest-serving chief minister from the BJP in MP. After Chouhan, former chief minister Sunderlal Patwa was the second longest-serving chief minister. Yadav remains ahead of Patwa in terms of his tenure as chief minister.…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Union Minister Puri files nomination papers for Rajya Sabha bypoll in MP",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/union-minister-puri-files-nomination-papers-for-rajya-sabha-bypoll-in",
        "published": "2026-10-31T07:13:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Hardeep Puri files nomination for Rajya Sabha by-election from Madhya Pradesh",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/hardeep-puri-files-nomination-for-rajya-sabha-by-election-from-madhya",
        "published": "2026-10-31T10:22:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV - India News",
        "title": "Hardeep Puri Files Nominaton For Madhya Pradesh Rajya Sabha Bypoll",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/hardeep-puri-files-nominaton-for-madhya-pradesh-rajya-sabha-bypoll",
        "published": "2026-10-31T10:53:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express - India",
        "title": "Flanked by CM and state BJP chief, Hardeep Puri files nomination for Rajya Sabha bypoll from Madhya Pradesh",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/flanked-by-cm-and-state-bjp-chief-hardeep-puri-files-nomination-for",
        "published": "2026-10-31T11:11:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}