Lucknow: Yogi Adityanath, the Mahant of Gorakhnath Matt, is all set to take oath as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday afternoon. 


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The priest-cum-politician would be heading the first BJP-led government in Uttar Pradesh in 14 years. Yogi Adityanath's name was finalised as the chief minister unanimously by the BJP leaders in a party legislaltive meet on Saturday. 


The party also announced names of two Deputy Chief Ministers – BJP state unit chief Keshav Prasad Maurya and Lucknow Mayor Dinesh Sharma. 


Although BJP is yet to reveal the names of State Cabinet ministers, it is reported that at least 44 MLAs are likely to be sworn-in as ministers in Uttar Pradesh today.


Here's a list of ministers who are likely to be inducted in the UP Cabinet today: 


Anupama Jaiswal
Ashutosh Tandon
Anil Rajbhar
Archana Pandey
Baldev Singh Aulakh
Brijesh Pathak
Bhupendra Singh Choudhry 
Chetan Chauhan
Dara Singh Chouhan 
Dhrampal Singh
Dharam Singh Saini
Gyanendra Singh
Gulabo devi
Garima Singh
Girish Yadav
Jai Kumar Singh Jaiki 
Jaiprakash Singh
Jaiprakash Nisad
Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary
Mahendra Singh
Mohsin Raza
Mukut Bihari Verma
Neelkanth Tiwari
Nand Kumar Nandi
Om Prakash Rajbhar
Randev Pratap Singh
Ramapati Sashtri
Rita Bahuguna Joshi
Rajesh Agrawal
Rajendra Pratap singh
Sandeep Singh
Sangeeta Balwant
Satyadev Pachouri
Satish Mahana
Siddharth Nath Singh
Srikant Sharma
SP Bagehl
Suresh Pasi
Suresh Khanna
Suryapratap Sahi
Swami Prasad Maurya
Swati Singh 
Swatantra Dev Singh
Upendra Tiwari


However, there has been no official confirmation on the same. 


Governor Ram Naik will administer the oath of office and secrecy to Adityanath, about 22 Cabinet ministers and 15 state ministers in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At least nine MLAs will be inducted as Minister of State (Independent Charge).