The BJP had made grand preparations for the swearing-in ceremony of Yogi Adityanath. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah as well as Chief Ministers of NDA ruled states also attended the swearing-in ceremony. Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan also reached Lucknow to attend this program. But former CM of MP Uma Bharti reached Lucknow to attend the program but was nowhere to be seen in the swearing-in ceremony held at Ekana Stadium. Uma Bharti’s tweet came after the end of the program, in which she has given the reason for not being able to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Yogi Adityanath.
Uma Bharti tweeted congratulating CM Yogi Adityanath, in which she also explained the reason for not reaching the venue. Uma Bharti wrote that she came to Lucknow to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Yogi Adityanath’s cabinet, but due to a minor mistake of the local police and administration, she could not reach the swearing-in venue due to traffic jam. She further said, “I wish the Yogi government success.
Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak took oath as Deputy CMs
Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak took the oath of office and secrecy as Deputy CMs during the swearing-in ceremony held at Ekana Stadium. In the 52-member cabinet, 18 cabinet ministers, 14 ministers of state (independent charge) and 20 ministers of state took the oath of office and secrecy.
At the same time, Swatantra Dev Singh, Surya Pratap Shahi, Suresh Khanna, Baby Rani Maurya, Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary took oath as cabinet ministers. Apart from this, Jaiveer Singh, Dharampal Singh, Nand Gopal Gupta ‘Nandi’, Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary also took oath as cabinet ministers. Anil Rajbhar, Jitin Prasad, cabinet ministers, Rakesh Sachan, Arvind Kumar Sharma, Yogendra Upadhyay, Ashish Patel and Nishad Party chief Sanjay Nishad also took oath as cabinet ministers.