Former Madhya Pradesh minister Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya, a leader of Ayodhya Ram temple movement, has been appointed the chairman of the Sixth MP State Finance Commission. The appointment came five and a half years after he was acquitted along with 31 others by a Special CBI Court in Lucknow in the Babri Mosque demolition case. The 70-year-old former Bajrang Dal president, who is currently the BJP’s co-incharge for Maharashtra, will hold the office till October 31, 2026. With the appointment to a constitutional post, the former MP and MLA from Gwalior is likely to be out of the race for polls to three Rajya Sabha seats from the state.
Next Army Day parade to be held in Bhopal
Bhopal will host the next Army Day parade on January 15, 2027.
Chief Minister Mohan Yadav made the announcement recently after discussions with the army’s top brass, led by Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi, in Bhopal. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will grace the grand event to be held on the lines of the Republic Day Parade of Delhi. The event will be preceded by related programmes starting from January 9, including Shaurya Sandhya, an army exhibition and military exercises. The Army Day Parade was held previously in Jaipur in 2026, Pune in 2025, Lucknow in 2024 and Bengaluru in 2023.
State AI Mission to to be launched soon
To make governance effective, transparent and citizen-centric, MP AI Mission will be launched soon. The mission will be based on the State AI Vision and Action Framework, through which governance will be made predictive, proactive and data-driven. AI will be used with a human-in-the-loop to ensure security, transparency and public trust. It will be implemented in phases. In 2026-27, existing AI initiatives will be consolidated, and foundational preparations will be strengthened. In 2027-28, use cases will be scaled across departments, and from 2028 onwards, AI will be developed as a permanent institutional capability in governance.
Anuraag Singh
Our correspondent in Madhya Pradesh
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