Yogi Adityanath to take oath as MLC on Monday; Uttar Pradesh deputy chief ministers will also be sworn in

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath and his ministerial colleagues who were recently elected to the state Legislative Council will take oath at 11 am on Monday at the Tilak Hall of the legislative building in Lucknow. [caption id=“attachment_3933213” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath. PTI[/caption] “Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council Ramesh Yadav will administer the oath,” special secretary, Legislative Council Secretariat, Chedilal said in a press release in Lucknow. Chief Minister Adityanath, his two deputies Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma as well as minister Swantradev Singh were on 8 September declared elected unopposed to the Legislative Council. On 11 September, Uttar Pradesh minister of state Mohsin Raza was declared elected unopposed to the Legislative Council. With this, all the five Legislative Council seats, for which the bypolls were held, went to the BJP.