BHOPAL, May 14 -- Chief minister Mohan Yadav's office on Thursday stripped a newly appointed chairman of the Madhya Pradesh Textbook Corporation of his powers after he allegedly went to assume charge in a 200-vehicle motorcade, a statement by the chief minister's office on Thursday said.

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Saubhagya Singh Thakur has been issued show notice and barred from using any facility of the state-run firm mandated to publish and sell school text books, the statement said.

The order was issued by Ajatshatru Srivastava, the CMO's officer on special duty, who cited information on social media and other media reports about Thakur's motorcade, allegedly involving more than 200 vehicles that travelled 200 km from Ujjain to B...