Lucknow: Yogi Adityanath will be officially elected leader of the Legislative Party at a meeting of newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs on Thursday.
According to party sources, the meeting to be held in Lok Bhawan will be attended by Union Minister of the Interior Amit Shah, who has been nominated as Observer from Uttar Pradesh and as Associate Observer and former Prime Minister from Uttar Pradesh Jharkhand Raghubar Das.
After being elected leader, Yogi Adityanath will meet with Governor Anandiben Patel and claim his right to form the government of the state. The inauguration ceremony is expected to be held at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium in Gomti Nagar on Friday.
UP Acting Prime Minister Yogi Adityanath had discussed the formation of a government in the state with senior BJP leaders here.
The sources said Wednesday night’s meeting, which lasted more than two hours at BJP leader JP Nadda’s residence, was also attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the party’s National Secretary-General (Organization), BL Santhosh.
“The names and number of deputy prime ministers were discussed at the meeting.” sources said. “There are more than a dozen vacancies as some incumbent ministers lost elections while some left the party ahead of the elections.
According to BJP sources, the new Yogi cabinet is likely to have several new faces and first-time ministers. The names of 43 MLAs who are expected to be included as ministers in the new Yogi cabinet have been announced.
Some ministers who were influential in the previous Yogi Adityanath may not receive ministerial posts this time, the sources said.