Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, his two deputies— Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma— along with State Minister Swantra Deo Singh and State Minister for Minority Welfare Mohsin Raza took the oath of the member of the State legislative Council. Chief Minister also completed the six months in office on Monday.
Chairman of the State legislative Council Ramesh Yadav, in presence of several State Ministers and BJP leaders, administered the oath to the five new members of the State legislative council at Tilak Hall in the State secretariat. UP assembly speaker Hridya Narain Dikshit was also present. All the five were elected unopposed to the State legislative Council early this month.
The Minister of State Mohsin Raza repeatedly spelled Vidhan Parishad as `Vidhan Sabha parishad’ while taking oath of office. The Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Khanna pointed out the mistake by the Minister and the Minister corrected himself.
CM Yogi Adityanath his two deputies and Swantra Deo Singh were elected on September 8, Mohsin Raza was declared elected on September 11. The Chief Minister was elected on the seat vacated by SP member Yashwant Singh, while deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya replaced Bhukkal Nawab of SP. The term of both the seats will expire on July 8, 2022.
Dinesh Sharma contested for the seat vacated by Ashok Bajpai and Swantradeo Singh against the seat vacated by Sarojni Agarwal.
Term of both the seats will expire on end on January 30, 2021. Mohsin Raza, the only Muslim Minister in the Yogi Ministry, was elected from the seat left by BSP member Thakur Jaiveer Singh.