Chief Minister Kamal Nath will hoist the national flag on Republic Day on January 26 at Chhindwara district headquarters and will address the general public. Nath will also take the salute of the parade. The state government has fixed and allotted districts to the ministers for hoisting the national flag at various district headquarters of the state and for the district-level Republic Day ceremony. Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker Narmada Prasad Prajapati will hoist the flag in Narsinghpur and Madhya Pradesh Assembly Deputy Speaker Hina Likhiram Kanwre in Balaghat.
As per the order released by the Department of General Administration, Minister Vijailaxmi Sadho will hoist flag at Khargone district headquarter, Sajjan Singh Verma in Dewas, Hukum Singh Karada in Shajapur, Govind Singh in Bhind, Bala Bachchan in Badwani, Arif Aqueel in Sehore, Brijendra Singh Rathore in Tikamgarh, Pradeep Jaiswal in Seoni, Lakhan Singh Yadav Morena, Tulsiram Silawat in Khandwa, Govind Singh Rajput in Sagar, Imarti Devi in Gwalior, Omkar Singh Markam in Dindori, Prabhuram Choudhury in Raisen, Priyavrat Singh in Rajgarh, Sukhdev Panse in Betul, Umang Singhar in Dhar, Harsh Yadav in Vidisha, Jaivardhan Singh in Guna, Jitu Patwari in Indore, Kamleshwar Patel in Sidhi, Lakhan Ghanghoria in Jabalpur, Mahendra Singh Sisodia in Ashoknagar, PC Sharma in Hoshangabad, Pradyumna Singh Tomar in Shivpuri, Sachin Subhash Yadav in Ratlam, Surendra Singh Honey Baghel in Jhabua and Tarun Bhanot in Mandla district headquarters.
The 20 district headquarters where the district collectors will hoist the national flag are Sheopur, Datia, Aagar-Malwa, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Alirajpur, Burhanpur, Harda, Damoh, Panna, Chhatarpur, Katni, Rewa, Shahdol, Anuppur, Ujjain, Umaria, Singrauli, Satna and Niwadi.