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Uttar Pradesh cabinet expansion: 6 new ministers inducted into Yogi government
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Uttar Pradesh cabinet expansion: 6 new ministers inducted into Yogi government

The Indian Express·Express Web Desk·23 days ago
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UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with Governor Anandiben Patel in Lucknow on Saturday. (Express photo) The Uttar Pradesh State Cabinet underwent a much-delayed expansion on Sunday with the induction of key figures into the Yogi Adityanath-led government. With the state headed to the polls next year, the composition of the new set of ministers reflects the BJP’s widening social and regional outreach. The decision came after the Assembly elections in four states concluded and the swearing-in ceremony of new CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday, which CM Adityanath attended. The BJP’s central leadership is learnt to have given its nod. The number of ministers in the state Cabinet has risen from 54, including the CM, to 60 — the upper limit. Sanjay Prasad, Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister and the State Information Department, confirmed that the swearing-in will begin at Jan Bhavan in the state capital from 3 pm onwards. Among the new ministers is former state BJP president Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary.…

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