The portfolios of Uttar Pradesh’s 53-member ministry was announced on Monday. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath kept the Home Ministry while his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya got six deparments including Entertainment Tax and Public Enterprise.
Yogi Adityanath took oath as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh on Friday to kick off his second term in the state.
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On Monday, the 49-year-old kept the Home, Vigilance and Personnel amoung the 34 departments with him.
Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya has been allocated six departments — Rural Development, Rural Engineering, Food Processing, Entertainment Tax, Public Enterprise and National Integration.
The Public Works Department, which Maurya headed in the previous ministry, has been given to Jitin Prasada this time.
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In addition to the chief minister, a total 52 ministers of different ranks were administered oath on March 25 here. All of them were distributed responsibilities on Monday.
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Here is a complete list of all portfolios:
Yogi Adityanath: Chief Minister and Home Minister. The 50-year-old minister is the first one to return to power after his full 5-year term. He represents the Gorakhpur Sadar Constituency.
Health Ministry: Brijesh Pathak will head the Medical Education. The 58-year-old will represents the Lucknow Cantonment.
PWD: Jitin Prasad, 52, Quit Indian National Congress and joined BJP. He represents Dhaurara, Uttar Pradesh constituency.
Nagar Vikas and Power ministry: AK Sharma, 59, considered one of the close confidantes of PM Modi, Sharma Sworn in as the UP’s cabinet minister.
Rural Development Department: Keshav Prasad Maurya, 53 represents the Sirathu constituency.
Finance Ministry: Suresh Kumar Khanna will take be leading Finance and Parliamentary Affairs.
Agriculture Department: Surya Pratap Shahi, 70, is one of the senior-most leaders in the UP cabinet. He represents the Pathardeva constituency.
Women and Child Development ministry: Baby Rani Maurya served as Mayor of Agra. The 66-year-old minister will be representing Agra’s rural constituency.
Tourism and Culture: Jayveer Singh, 57, earlier in 2017 vacated his seat for Yogi Adityanath to become MLC. He reprents Barauli constituency.
Animal Husbandry and Dairying: Dharampal Singh was a former member of the Bahujan Samaj Party. He represents the Etmadpur constituency.
Industrial Development: Nand Gopal Gupta was given a ticket for the second time. He represents the Allahabad South constituency.
Labour ministry: Anil Rajbhar, 49, represents the Shivpur constituency.
Science and Electronics department: Yogendra Upadhyay has been an MLA for 3rd time in a row. He represents Agra’s south constituency.
Youth Development: Girish Chandra Yadav, 48, represents the Jaunpur constituency.
Ayush Ministry (MoS): Dayashanker Mishra
Ministry of Parliamentary affairs: Mayankeshwar Singh
