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Swearing-In Ceremony Updates: A historic second term as UP CM begins for Yogi Adityanath

Lucknow/New Delhi, Mar 25: Yogi Adityanath on Friday took oath as Uttar Pradesh chief minister for the second term in a mega ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and top BJP leaders. Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak were also sworn in as deputy chief ministers.

Swearing-In Ceremony Live Updates: A historic second term as UP CM begins for Yogi Adityanath

Check Out Live Updates of the Swearing In Ceremony:

Mar 25, 2022, 5:40 PM IST

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Mar 25, 2022, 5:32 PM IST

20 Minister of State take oath

20 Minister of State take oath: Mayankeshwar Singh, Dinesh Khateek, Sanjeev Gond, Baldev Singh Olakh, Ajit Pal, Jaswant Saini, Ramkesh Nishad, Manohar Lal Mannu Kori, Sanjay Gangwar, Brijesh Singh, KP Malik, Suresh Rahi, Somendra Tomar, Anoop Pradhan 'Valmiki', Pratibha Shukla, Rakesh Rathore Guru, Rajni Tiwari, Satish Sharma, Danish Azad Ansari, Vijay Laxmi Gautam
Mar 25, 2022, 5:32 PM IST

14 Minister of State (Independent Charge) take oath

14 Minister of State (Independent Charge) take oath. Nitin Agrawal, Kapil Dev Agrawal, Ravindra Jaiswal, Sandeep Singh, Gulab Devi, Girish Chandra Yadav, Dharmveer Prajapati, Asim Arun, JPS Rathore, Dayashankar Singh, Narendra Kashyap, Dinesh Pratap Singh, Arun Kumar Saxena, Dayashankar Mishra 'Dayalu'
Mar 25, 2022, 5:32 PM IST

16 Cabinet Ministers take oath:

16 Cabinet Ministers who took oath are Suresh Kumar Khanna, Surya Pratap Shahi, Swatantra Dev Singh, Baby Rani Maurya, Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary, Jayveer Singh, Dharampal Singh, Nand Gopal Nandi, Bhupendra Singh Choudhary, Anil Rajbhar, Jitin Prasada, Rakesk Sachan, Arvind Kumar Sharma, Yogendra Upadhyay, Ashish Patel, Sanjay Nishad
Mar 25, 2022, 5:19 PM IST

Rakesh Rathore Guru, Rajni Sharma, Satish Sharma, Danish Azad Ansari and Vijay Laxmi Gautam take oath as Ministers of State
Mar 25, 2022, 5:18 PM IST

Somendra Tomar and Pratibha Shukla took oath as Ministers of State.
Mar 25, 2022, 5:18 PM IST

Mayankeshwar Sharan Singh, Dinesh Khatik and Baldev Singh Aulakh took oath as Ministers of State.
Mar 25, 2022, 5:18 PM IST

Arun Kumar Saxena and Dayashankar Mishra took oath as Ministers of State (Independent Charge).
Mar 25, 2022, 5:18 PM IST

JPS Rathore, Dayashankar Singh, Dinesh Pratap Singh and Narendra Kashyap take oath as MoS (Independent Charge)
Mar 25, 2022, 5:02 PM IST

Gulaab Devi, Girish Chandra Yadav, Dharamveer Prajapati and Asim Arun took oath as MoS (Independent Charge) at the mega event in Lucknow.
Mar 25, 2022, 4:58 PM IST

Nitin Agarwal, Kapil Dev Agrawal, Ravindra Jaiswal and Sandeep Singh took oath as MoS (Independent Charge) in Lucknow.
Mar 25, 2022, 4:58 PM IST

Yogendra Upadhyay, Sanjay Nishad take oath as UP ministers
Mar 25, 2022, 4:58 PM IST

Rakesh Sachan and Arvind Kumar Sharma took oath as UP ministers in Lucknow
Mar 25, 2022, 4:57 PM IST

Jitin Prasad takes oath as UP minister
Mar 25, 2022, 4:57 PM IST

Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary and Anil Rajbhar took oath as UP ministers at the mega event in Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
Mar 25, 2022, 4:57 PM IST

Nand Gopal Gupta ‘Nandi’ takes oath as UP minister at the mega event in Lucknow.
Mar 25, 2022, 4:57 PM IST

Jaiveer Singh and Dharampal Singh took oath as ministers for Yogi 2.0 cabinet at the mega event in Lucknow
Mar 25, 2022, 4:57 PM IST

Baby Rani Maurya, Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary took oath as ministers for Yogi 2.0 cabinet.
Mar 25, 2022, 4:56 PM IST

Surya Pratap Shahi, Swatantra Dev Singh took oath as ministers
Mar 25, 2022, 4:52 PM IST

N D Tiwari of the Congress was CM in 1985 of an undivided UP. He went on to retain a second term in a row. Since then none except Yogi Adityanath is the first to do so.
Mar 25, 2022, 4:51 PM IST

Three MLAs from Kanpur Dehat have been made ministers in the UP government - Rakesh Sachan from Bhognipur, Ajit Pal from Sikandra and Pratibha Shukla from Akbarpur.
Mar 25, 2022, 4:45 PM IST

Yogi is only the fifth CM to win a consecutive term in UP ever. The others before him were Sampurnanda in 1975, Channdrabahnu Gupta in 1962, Hemwati Nandan Bahaguna in 1974 and Narayan Dutt Tiwari in 1985. Yogi however is the first CM in 70 years to complete tenure and win for the second time in a row.
Mar 25, 2022, 4:39 PM IST

Yogi Adityanath became UP;s first CM to complete tenure and win a second term. In the past 70 years of UP's electoral history, this is the first time that a CM will complete tenure and be elected for the second term consecutively.
Mar 25, 2022, 4:36 PM IST

Keshav Prasad Maurya takes oath as Deputy CM of Uttar Pradesh. He was one of the two Deputy CMs in the previous BJP government. Maurya lost from the electoral battle from Sirathu to Apna Dal (Kameravadi) leader Pallavi Patel who had contested on Samajwadi Party symbol. Keshav Prasad whom the BJP projects as its OBC face in the state is considered to be a confidant of Adityanath. A prolific orator and critic of the Samajwadi Party, Keshav is likely to be one of the party's candidates for the Legislative Council elections to be held on April 9.
Mar 25, 2022, 4:36 PM IST

Brijesh Pathak takes oath as Deputy CM. He replaces Dinesh Sharma. A prominent Brahmin leader, Pathak served as the Law Minister in the previous government. He won elections from the Lucknow Cantt seat.
Mar 25, 2022, 4:29 PM IST

Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak take oath as the Deputy Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh.
Mar 25, 2022, 4:24 PM IST

BJP's Yogi Adityanath takes oath as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second consecutive term.
Mar 25, 2022, 4:23 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow where UP CM-designate Yogi Adityanath will take oath for the second consecutive term.
Mar 25, 2022, 4:17 PM IST

Union home minister Amit Shah, BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda arrive at the Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium for Yogi Adityanath's swearing in
Mar 25, 2022, 4:17 PM IST

Union ministers Smriti Irani, VK Singh, Rajnath Singh present on stage for the gala swearing in
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