UP CM Adityanath To Share BJP Govt's Roadmap For New Term In First Cabinet Meeting Today

CM Adityanath will also address Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, and top officials at 11:30 am in Yojana Bhawan, Lucknow.

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New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will hold his first cabinet meeting at 10 am on Saturday in Lok Bhavan, Lucknow.

Adityanath on Friday took oath as the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister in a jam-packed Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium having a crowd of more than 50,000 in attendance.

Hours after taking the oath, Yogi Adityanath on Friday held an introductory meeting with his new ministers at Lok Bhavan.

"In this introductory meeting, the chief minister thanked the people of the state for reposing their faith in nationalism, safety, good governance, and development," the Uttar Pradesh government said in a statement, as quoted by PTI.

Meanwhile, in the cabinet meeting slated to happen today, Yogi Adityanath is likely to present the roadmap of the government for the next five years. As per inputs, the portfolios of the ministers will be finalised and announced in the coming days.

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A total of 52 ministers took oath as ministers, including two deputy Chief Ministers. Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak took oath as the Deputy Chief Ministers of the state.

The new ministry sworn in on Friday includes 18 ministers in cabinet rank. The lone Muslim name in the cabinet is Danish Azad Ansari, who replaced Mohsin Raza as the Muslim face in the Yogi government 2.0

 CM Adityanath To Address Bureaucrats, Top Officials In Lucknow

After the cabinet meeting today, Yogi Adityanath will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Protem speaker Ramapati Shastri in Raj Bhawan at 11 am.

As per news agency ANI, CM Adityanath will also address Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, and top officials at 11:30 am in Yojana Bhawan, Lucknow.

On Wednesday, Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel appointed Ramapati Shastri as the Protem Speaker of the state Legislative Assembly.

A four-member panel selected the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ex-minister and MLA Shastri as the Protem Speaker.

(With Agency Inputs)