Bharatiya Janata Party leader Yogi Adityanath is the current Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Adityanath, also the Mahant (chief priest) of the Gorakhnath Math, Gorakhpur, has been sitting at the helm of state affairs since 2017 when the saffron party stormed to power with a brute majority, dethroning then ruling Samajwadi Party. In this election, the BJP has fielded him from the Gorakhpur Sadar seat. He is running for MLA for the first time. Adityanath was sworn in as the Chief Minister of the country's most populous state on March 19 in 2017. He was then a member of Lok Sabha, representing the Gorakhpur constituency. He won from Gorakhpur constituency in every Lok Sabha election held since 1998 before being given the responsibility to lead a state where politics mostly revolved around caste and religion for decades. Under Adityanath's rule, Uttar Pradesh saw a massive infrastructure development push, a boost in economic activities and improvement in the law-and-order situation. Known for his outspoken attitude, Adityanath has been a prominent campaigner for the BJP in elections. The BJP is banking on the development works undertaken by the Adityanath government and the leader's charisma in the run-up to the high-stakes assembly polls in 2022. Adityanath in his rallies has been pitching for another term to the saffron party, highlighting that the BJP government has worked towards making UP bhrashtachar mukt, bhaya mukt, danga mukt, gaddha mukt aur andhkaar mukt (free of corruption, fear, riots, potholes and darkness) in the last five years.
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While Yogi chose to give another term to several ministers from his previous government, one of the most surprising addition was the name of young leader Danish Azad Ansari.
Keshav Prasad Maurya was the biggest casualty in UP assembly polls who lost Sirathu to his Samajwadi Party rival, Pallavi Patel, by a margin of 7,337 votes.
Yogi Adityanath has often been compared with Prime Minister Narendra Modi due to his work approach.
India TV has an exclusive list of the leaders who are expected to take oath as Cabinet ministers and MoS.
Reciting of national anthem and hoisting of national flag on Independence Day was made mandatory in madarsas across Uttar Pradesh in 2017.
Yogi Adityanath is set to take oath as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister at a grand ceremony at Lucknow's Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium.
The new team of Yogi Adityanath has 52 ministers. Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak are deputy CMs in new Yogi Cabinet.
Welfare schemes like giving free ration under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, free treatment and cash transfers to the poor, farmers and women through the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) definitely did wonders for the saffron party in the polls.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, top BJP leaders, leading industrialists and seers will participate in the mega ceremony in which Yogi Adityanath will take oath as Uttar Pradesh chief minister for the second consecutive term.
The ceremony on Friday will be attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and CMs of BJP-ruled states. Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and 60 other business tycoons have been invited.
BJP won Uttar Pradesh assembly elections with a thumping majority, becoming the only party to retain power in the state in over 30 years. Ahead of the swearing-in, a lot is being talked about who all will be part of Yogi Cabinet 2.0.
The entire city is being decked up and will bear a resplendent look on March 25 when Yogi Adityanath will take oath for the second term in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a galaxy of Union ministers, chief ministers, and other dignitaries.
The BJP stormed back to power in Uttar Pradesh for a record second straight term, winning 255 seats in the 403-member Legislative Assembly.
Additional chief secretary, urban development department, Rajneesh Dube said that in view of movement of VIPs all streetlights are functional and decked up with coloured LED strips.
Adityanath will be the first Chief Minister in the last 37 years to return to power after completing a full term in the state.
Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Lucknow on March 23. He has been appointed as the BJP observer for the formation of a new government in Uttar Pradesh.
Every year, the head of the Goraksh Peeth, drenched in colours, rides Bhagwan Narshingh Rath and exchanges Holi wishes with everyone during Narsingh Shobha Yatra.
Other than Union Ministers and the leadership of BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, many other Union Cabinet Ministers and chief ministers of BJP-ruled states are also among the invitees. If sources are to be believed, several Opposition leaders have also made their way to the list of invitees to the oath-taking ceremony.
Officials supervising the preparations said that the ceremony would be 'unmatched' in style and grandeur.
Yogi Adityanath took part in a procession at the Pandey Hata and said people are playing Holi since March 10, the day elections results were announced.
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