Yogi Adityanath likely to take oath on Mar 25; Sonia, Mulayam, Mayawati may be invited
New Delhi, March 19: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Yogi Adityanath is likely to take oath as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on March 25. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda are among the list of invitees scheduled to attend the oath-taking ceremony.
Apart from BJP leaders, several Opposition leaders have also made their way to the list of invitees. According to sources, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati are among the prominent names likely to be invited for Yogi Adityanath's oath-taking ceremony.
Breaking 37-years jinx, Yogi Adityanath, who led his party to a thumping victory in Uttar Pradesh, will become the Chief Minister of the state for the consecutive second tenure.
Other than Union Ministers and the leadership of BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, several Union Cabinet Ministers and chief ministers of BJP-ruled states are likely to attend the event.
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Beneficiaries of various central and state-run welfare schemes have also been invited to Yogi Adityanath's oath-taking ceremony, with a special focus on women beneficiaries.
Preparations for the grand ceremony have already started in Ekana Stadium of Lucknow. Sources further claim that the names of cabinet members have already been finalised by the BJP.
Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has been appointed as the central observer to look after the government formation in Uttar Pradesh and former Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das will accompany Shah as the co-observer.
The BJP retained power in Uttar Pradesh by winning 255 out of 403 constituencies, securing a 41.29 per cent vote share.
Adityanath will be the first Chief Minister in the last 37 years to return to power after completing a full term in the state.
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