Uttar Pradesh government 2017: Full list of ministers in Yogi Adityanath Cabinet

Governor Ram Naik administered the oath of office and secrecy to Adityanath and a total of 47 Cabinet ministers and Ministers of State in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Written by: Rini Sharma

Updated: March 22, 2017, 5:50 PM IST

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Lucknow, March 19: Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yogi Adityanath, who was chosen as the UP BJP Legislature Party leader on Saturday, was sworn-in as the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister on Sunday at Kanshiram Smriti Upvan in Lucknow. Apart from him state BJP president Keshav Prasad Maurya and party’s national vice-president Dinesh Sharma also took oath as the deputy chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh. (UPDATE: Yogi Adityanath keeps Homes and Finance; Keshav Prasad Maurya gets PWD; Full List of UP CM’s Yogi Adityanath’s Cabinet Ministers)

Governor Ram Naik administered the oath of office and secrecy to Adityanath and a total of 47 Cabinet ministers and Ministers of State in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The ceremony was also attended by BJP National President Amit Shah, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union Minister Uma Bharti among many other prominent dignitaries. Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav and SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav were also present at the event.  (ALSO READ: Yogi Adityanath directs govt officials to implement BJP’s ‘Sankalp Patra’ in Uttar Pradesh)

Noteworthy, BJP MLA from Noida Pankaj Singh, the elder son of Home Minister Rajnath Singh, was not included in the list however, bids on him being indicted in the Uttar Pradesh were high. In total, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s Cabinet constitutes of 23 Cabinet ministers, nine Ministers of State (Independent) and 15 Ministers of State.

Here is the full list of ministers who took oath in the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet:

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won over 300 seats out of 403 in the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2017 whereas, the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance and Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party could not even manage to gain 100 seats.