UP CM Yogi Adityanath to take oath as MLC

Lucknow, Sept 16: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath and his cabinet 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.

Special secretary, Legislative Council Secretariat, Chedilal said: "Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council Ramesh Yadav will administer the oath".

Chief Minister Adityanath, his two deputies Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma, as well as minister Swantradev Singh on 8 September, were declared elected unanimously to the Legislative Council.

On 11 September, Uttar Pradesh minister of state Mohsin Raza was declared elected unanimously to the Legislative Council. With this, all the five Legislative Council seats, for which the by-polls were held, went to the BJP. CM was elected as the member of Legislative Council after he has resigned as an MP of the parliament.