Yogi Adityanath on Friday took oath as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second time in a mega event in Lucknow. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders attended the grand swearing-in ceremony at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ikana stadium.

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Suresh Kumar Khanna, Surya Pratap Shahi, Swatantra Dev Singh, Baby Rani Maurya, Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary, Jaivir Singh, Dharam Pal Singh, Nand Gopal Gupta ‘Nandi’, Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary, Anil Rajbhar, Jitin Prasada, Rakesh Sachan also took the oath.

During the recently concluded assembly elections, BJP and its allies together posted a victory on 273 of the total 403 seats. The party set a record of forming a government with a full majority for the second consecutive term after a gap of 37 years in the politically important state.

On March 19, 2017, Yogi took the oath as chief minister of UP along with two deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma, as well as other ministers.

First Published:Mar 25, 2022 5:16 PM IST