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Sources said it would be late tonight or tomorrow morning.
Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak also took oath as Deputy Chief Ministers of UP. Ministers in the new cabinet also took oath that day.
Yogi Adityanath, the chief ministerial nominee, has reached the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium for his swearing-in ceremony, where he will take oath for the second time in a row. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Haryana CM ML Khattar, Himachal Pradesh CM Jai Ram Thakur and others were also present. Soon, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda also followed suit. Shah’s convoy walked 500 meters to reach the venue after getting stuck in traffic outside Gate No 3 of the stadium.
Yogi Adityanath on Thursday staked claim to form the government for the second time in Uttar Pradesh, a day before he was sworn in as chief minister at a mega event that will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several dignitaries.
After the BJP legislature party elected him as its leader, Adityanath met Governor Anandiben Patel, confirming the decision taken by top BJP officials. Soon after the meeting of BJP MLAs in Lucknow, Nishad Party leader Sanjay Nishad and Apna Dal (S) chief Ashish Patel presented letters of support to the BJP to Governor Patel. Later, Adityanath reached the Raj Bhavan to present his party’s claim. The BJP along with allies won 273 of the 255 seats in the 403-member assembly.
This is only the second time in three decades that a party has won two consecutive assembly elections in the state. At a meeting of the party’s newly-elected MLAs, Adityanath said the prime minister’s inclusive mantra ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas has had an impact on the UP election results, and thanked Union Home Minister Amit Shah for guiding him through the first term. .
PM Modi, senior BJP leaders including CMs of other states and dignitaries from various fields will attend the swearing-in ceremony at a stadium in Lucknow on Friday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who attended the meeting of BJP MLAs as an observer, said the party’s successes in UP since 2014 have established that people favored “politics of performance rather than casteism and appeasement”.
In Delhi on Thursday, top BJP leaders finalized the government formation exercise in Uttar Pradesh and a party source said the state may have two deputy chief ministers this time too. Outgoing deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma, and former Uttarakhand governor Baby Rani Maurya are being seen as the frontrunners for the two terms.
BJP President JP Nadda and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who was in charge of the party for the state elections, were also involved in the deliberations. The leaders discussed factors such as maintaining caste and regional balance in the new UP cabinet.
Baby Rani Maurya, a member of the influential Jatav community of Scheduled Castes, has been widely tipped for a key position in the new government. He had resigned from the post of Governor of Uttarakhand to contest the assembly elections. Ministers in the outgoing government Brijesh Pathak, Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh and former bureaucrat AK Sharma, considered close to Modi, are also seen as potential candidates for key positions, including deputy CM, if the party wants to bring in fresh faces. . ,
Amit Shah and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh will attend Friday’s program. Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and 60 other business tycoons have also been invited. The streets leading to Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, the venue of the event, have been decorated with lights. The cut-outs of Modi, Shah and Adityanath are in place.
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Choudhary, who contested as allies, said they would not attend the event. Invitations were sent to state opposition leaders, UP BJP general secretary JPS Rathore confirmed to PTI.
Party leaders said Adityanath has personally sent invitations to over 50 saints, including people from Ayodhya, Mathura and Varanasi. Dinesh Shankar, the state-level officer of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, said that prominent saints including members of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust have been invited. Yoga guru Ramdev, ‘The Kashmir Files’ director Vivek Agnihotri and actor Anupam Kher are on the list.
The venue has a seating capacity of 50,000 people. An official said that around 8,000 police personnel would be deployed for the event. At the MLAs’ meeting, Amit Shah said that Uttar Pradesh faced prolonged political instability due to “casteist and dynastic parties”.
“In the last 37 years, no party again got an absolute majority in Uttar Pradesh,” he said, referring to his party’s two-time victory. It is historical that the BJP is the only party to win a second consecutive term. More than two-thirds of the seats have been received.
Shah said Adityanath ended the politicization of the administration and made politics crime-free. It assured everyone that law and order would swoon into action if anyone filed a complaint. Adityanath said he had no administrative experience when he first became the chief minister and thanked Modi and Shah for guiding him to provide good governance in Uttar Pradesh.
“People realized for the first time that houses can be built even for the poor. For the first time it seemed that money could go directly to the account of the poor. He said that festivals can now be celebrated in a peaceful manner.
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