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With the swearing in scheduled at 4 pm, the political scene was abuzz after reports that phone calls had been made to some of the legislators to rush to the chief minister’s residence immediately.
Mediapersons rushing to the chief minister’s official residence 5, Kalidas Marg spotted several legislators arriving there with some saying that they have been asked to reach there soon.
Among those seen arriving at the chief minister’s residence were Vijay Lakmi Gautam (Salempur, Deoria), Sanjay Singh (Pilibhit) and Rakesh Rathore (Sitapur).
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Adityanath and 47 ministers had taken oath on March 19, 2017 in the BJP’s preceding government.
According to the constitutional provisions, there can be a total of 60 ministers in Uttar Pradesh including the chief minister.