Yadav was administered oath by Governor Mangubhai C. Patel in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda along with other senior leaders, including Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Jyotiraditya Scindia and UP CM Yogi Adityanath, at Bhopal’s Lal Parade Ground.

Yadav, who had defeated the rival Congress candidate by a margin of 12,941 votes, is succeeding Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who completed four terms as the CM of the state where the BJP registered a resounding victory in the assembly polls.

A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Ujjain for three terms, Yadav served as the education minister in the government under Chouhan.

According to the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha website, he holds a degree in law and has an MBA and a PhD. He was awarded by the President of India in 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 for promoting tourism in the state.

Yadav’s rise began with the ABVP. In 1982, he became the co-secretary of the student union of Madhav Science College, and became the president in 1984. The same year, he took charge as the city minister of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in Ujjain, and became the department head in 1986.

In 1988, he was the co-minister of the ABVP’s Madhya Pradesh unit, and a member of the national executive. In 1989-90, he became the minister of the unit, and in 1991-92, the national minister. In 1993-95, he was the co-area in-charge of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Ujjain city, while 1997, he was a member of the BJP Yuva Morcha’s Madhya Pradesh working committee.

In 1998, he was a member of the advisory committee of the Western Railway Board. The following year, he was the in-charge of the BJP Yuva Morcha’s Ujjain division. In 2000-2003, he was a member of the working council of Vikram University, Ujjain.

In 2000-2003, he was the city district general secretary of the BJP, and in 2004, he was a member of the BJP’s Madhya Pradesh working committee. The same year, he became a member of the central committee of Singhsthan, Madhya Pradesh. Between 2004 and 2010, he was the chairman of the Ujjain Development Authority (with the rank of state minister).

Since 2008, he has been the district president of Bharat Scouts and Guides. In 2011-2013, he was the chairman of the Madhya Pradesh State Tourism Development Corporation, Bhopal (with the rank of cabinet minister). He is a member of the BJP’s Madhya Pradesh working committee. In 2013-2016, he was the co-convener of the Akhil Bharatiya Sanskritik Prakoshth of the BJP.