BJP leader and five-time Gorakhpur MP, Yogi Adityanath was sworn-in as the 21st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, a day after he was unanimously chosen by party MLAs as the legislative leader at a meeting in Lucknow.

The oath taking ceremony took place at Smriti Upvan in Lucknow and was attended by senior leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah.

Former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav were also present at the event. The chief ministers from the BJP and NDA-ruled states were also among those in attendance. Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma were also sworn-in as the deputy chief ministers of the state.

Apart from that, a total of 23 leaders took oath of the cabinet minister. Here’s the complete list:

Swami Prasad Maurya, Satish Mahana, Rajesh Agarwal, Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Surya Pratap Shahi, Suresh Khanna, Dara Singh Chauhan, Dharmpal Singh, SP Singh Baghel, Satyadev Pachauri, Ramapati Shastri, Jay Pratap Singh, Omprakash Rajbhar, Brajesh Pathak, Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary
Chetan Chauhan, Shrikant Sharma, Rajendra Pratap Singh, Siddharth Nath Singh, Mukut Bihari Verma, Ashutosh Tandon, Girish Yadav and Nand Kumar Nandi

Apart from the Cabinet Ministers, nine Ministers of State (Independent) and 15 Ministers of State also took oath of office.

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