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“There should be no chaos in the name of celebrations. Police must deal swiftly and firmly with miscreants,” Yogi Adityanath said.
Following the Chief Minister designate’s orders, all the District Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) have been called to ensure law and order is maintained.
Adityanath will be sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh today, as governor Ram Naik will administer the oath of office and secrecy to him and his Cabinet at a function in Lucknow’s Kanshiram memorial ground in the afternoon.
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Yogi Adityanath, a five-time Lok Sabha MP from Gorakhpur, was unanimously elected BJP Legislature Party leader at a meeting of the newly-elected MLAs in Lucknow last evening. He, later, met the Governor and staked claim to form the government in the state.
Talking to reporters at Raj Bhavan, he said, he would follow Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s slogan ‘Sab ka saath, Sab ka vikas’ and ensure all round development of the state.
Senior party leader and Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu, who was the central observer at the Legislature Party meeting, said it was a watershed moment for the BJP and it has become a common man’s party. He said, the mandate is for development, and against corruption and black money.
In the recently held polls in the state, BJP had bagged 312 seats, and its allies 13, taking the alliance’s tally to 325 in the 403-member Assembly.