LUCKNOW, Mar 18: Yogi Adityanath, BJP’s Lok Sabha MP from Gorakhpur, was named Uttar Pradesh’s new chief minister on Saturday evening following a meeting .
The swearing-in ceremony will take place tomorrow, Union minister Venkaiah Naidu announced, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah in attendance.
State party chief Keshav Prasad Maurya, has been named deputy chief minister along with Dinesh Sharma, the party’s national vice-president and Lucknow’s mayor.
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