In a major reshuffle of Uttar Pradesh Cabinet, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath sworn in 23 MLAs as ministers. 6 of the newly inducted ministers were selected for Cabinet posts also. This is the first reshuffle of the Yogi government since he came to power in the state.
23 MLAs take oath as ministers in Uttar Pradesh Government, 6 of them as Cabinet Ministers, in the first Cabinet reshuffle of the present Government pic.twitter.com/IaUqWyt7oc
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) August 21, 2019
The names of selected individuals are-
- Anil Sharma
- Mahesh Gupta
- Aanand Swaroop Shukla
- Vijay Kashyap
- Giraj Singh Dharmesh
- Laakhan Singh Rajput
- Neelima Katiyaar
- Chaudhary Uday Bhan Singh
- Chandrika Prasaad Upadhyay
- Raamshankar Singh Patel
- Ajit Singh Pal
- Shrimati Kamla Rani
- Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary
- Kapil dev Aggarwal
- Ravindra Jaiswal
- Ram Naresh Agnihotri
- Neelkanth Tiwari
- Satish Dwivedi
- Shok Kataria
- Ram Chauhan
- Mahendra Singh
- Suresh Raana
- Anil Rajbhar
The leaders who got the responsibility to honor the Cabinet post includes the name of Mahendra Singh, Bhupendra Singh Choudhary, Ram Naresh Agnihotri, Suresh Rana, Anil Rajbhar and Kamla Rani.
To make way for new-comers, few ministers had resigned on the previous day. Finance Minister Rajesh Agarwal, state BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh had submitted their resignation. Chetan Chauhan, Anupama Jaiswal, Mukut Bihari Verma, and Swati Singh were also among the one who resigned for cabinet expansion.
According to credible sources, It is highly likely that Uttar Pradesh will get its third Deputy Chief minister soon. Presently, Uttar Pradesh has two deputy chief ministers in its Cabinet —Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma.
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