The first cabinet expansion of the Yogi government of Uttar Pradesh is going on today i.e. Wednesday at Raj Bhavan in Lucknow. In the Yogi cabinet, six cabinet ministers, six ministers of state (independent charge) and 11 ministers of state are taking oath. Four ministers have been promoted to cabinet ministers. There are 18 new faces included in this cabinet. Four ministers of state (independent charge) have been promoted to cabinet ministers. A Minister of State has been promoted to the Minister of State (Independent Charge).
After the swearing in of the new ministers of the Yogi government, Governor Anandiben and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath honored all newly appointed ministers with flowers.
Minister of State: Anil Sharma, Mahesh Gupta, Anand Swaroop Shukla, Vijay Kashyap, Dr. Giriraj Singh Dharmesh, Lakhan Singh Rajput, Neelima Katiyar, Chaudhary Udaybhan Singh, Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay, Ramashankar Singh Patel and Ajit Singh Pal have taken oath.
Finance Minister Rajesh Agarwal, Irrigation Minister Dharampal Singh, Minister of State for Basic Education (Independent Charge) Anupama Jaiswal and Minister of State for Ghosts and Miners Archana Pandey submitted their resignations on Tuesday. Dharmapala, Anupama and Archana were summoned by the state general ministers' organization Sunil Bansal at the BJP headquarters.
BJP State President Swatantradev Singh had sent his resignation from the post of Transport Minister two days ago due to the principle of one person-one post. The resignations of the five ministers were accepted late on Tuesday night. After being elected as an MP, Satyadev Pachauri, Prof. SP Baghel and Prof. The positions of four cabinet ministers are already vacant following the resignation of Rita Bahuguna Joshi and the dismissal of Subhaspa president Om Prakash Rajbhar from the cabinet.