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BJP Legislative party meet Live Updates: Yogi Adityanath elected UP Chief Minister, swearing-in tomorrow
The party`s legislative group - that consists of more than 250 MLAs - will meet in Lucknow to put a formal stamp on Yogi Adityanath`s name for the top post. The meeting will be presided by Union Home Minister Amit Shah as party`s central observer for the state.
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Adityanath thanks PM Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other leaders present a the meet.
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Uttar Pradesh CM-designate Yogi Adityanath and Union Home Minister Amit Shah offered floral tribute to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Lucknow, earlier this evening.
Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath arrive at the meeting hall. Former Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma are also present at the meeting. The meeting is also joined by Raghubar Das (co-observer for UP), and party's UP unit chief Swatantra Dev Singh.
Huge crowd outside BJP office in Lucknow
A huge crowd is gathered outside the BJP office in Lucknow. A number of supporters from the party's UP unit are gathered outside the office. People are celebrating Yogi's appointement as the Chief Minister for a second time.
Yogi Adityanath received Home Minister Amit Shah at the airport today. Adityanath is all set be elected chief minister at the legislative party meet. The CM-designate will take oath of the office tomorrow.
UP caretaker Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is all set be elected as party legislative group leader for a second term in Lucknow today. The party's legislative group - that consists of more than 250 MLAs - will meet in Lucknow to put a formal stamp on Yogi Adityanath's name for the top post. The meeting will be presided by Union Home Minister Amit Shah as party's central observer for the state.
Post the meeting and formal announcement of his name, CM Yogi Adityanath will take the oath of the Chief Minister tomorrow (March 25) along with his cabinet in Lucknow. The oath-taking ceremony is expected to see the participation of PM Narendra Modi, Chief Ministers of BJP ruled states and other top leaders.
The Bharatiya Janata Party had scored a thumping victory in recently concluded assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.
The BJP-led alliance had won 273 of 403 seats in the elections, while the alliance led by the main opposition Samajwadi Party (SP) bagged 125 seats.
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