Yogi Adityanath to meet PM Modi, swearing-in ceremony likely after Holi

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister-elect Yogi Adityanath will on Sunday meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president JP Nadda in New Delhi. News agency ANI reported that the swearing-in ceremony of the new government is likely to take place after Holi.

Yogi Adityanath met Governor Anandiben Patel at the Raj Bhavan on Friday and handed over his resignation to her. This paved the way for the formation of the new government. 

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In the recently-concluded Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, BJP won as many as 255 assembly seats in the state.

The governor accepted Adityanath’s resignation and requested him to continue as the caretaker chief minister along with his cabinet till further arrangements are made.

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The Samajwadi Party won 111 seats and its alliance partners Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party and Rashtriya Lok Dal got six and eight seats, respectively.

The Congress and the Jansatta Dal got two seats each and the Bahujan Samaj Party bagged one.

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Yogi Adityanath created history after he became the first UP CM in 37 years to retain power after completing a full term. He also won his first-ever Assembly election by a margin of 1,03,390 from Gorakhpur Urban constituency, defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Subhawati Upendra Dutt Shukla.