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Attempting to balance caste and regional aspirations ahead of the assembly polls early next year, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inducted former Congress leader Jitin Prasada and six others into his Council of Ministers.
Prasada, who had crossed over to the Bharatiya janata Party from the Congress in June, was administered oath as cabinet minister, while six others were sworn in as Ministers of State.
Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel administered oath to the new ministers at the Gandhi Auditorium in the Raj Bhawan in the presence of the chief minister.
Those inducted as Ministers of State are Paltu Ram, Chhatrapal Singh Gangwar, Sangeeta Balwant, Dharamveer Singh, Sanjeev Kumar and Dinesh Khatik.
Lucknow: BJP MLAs Palturam, Sangeeta Balwant, Sanjeev Kumar, and Dinesh Khatik take oath as ministers of state (MoS) in the Uttar Pradesh Govt pic.twitter.com/4JlLAvponc
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With the latest inductions, the constitutional limit of having a maximum of 60 ministers in the state has been reached.
In a tweet in Hindi, Adityanath said, “Today’s Cabinet expansion reflects the philosophy of Deendayal Upadhyay. Today’s expansion is motivated by the intention to give representation to every section, feeling of social balance, message of harmony and giving opportunity to the last man of the society.”
आज सम्पन्न हुआ उ.प्र. मंत्रिमंडल का विस्तार पं. दीनदयाल उपाध्याय जी के दर्शन को प्रतिबिंबित करता है।
आज का विस्तार हर तबके को प्रतिनिधित्व, सामाजिक संतुलन की भावना, समरसता का संदेश तथा अंतिम पायदान पर खड़े व्यक्ति को अवसर प्रदान करने की मंशा से ओतप्रोत है।
— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) September 26, 2021
आज उत्तर प्रदेश मंत्रिमंडल में शामिल हुए सभी नए सदस्यों को हार्दिक बधाई एवं शुभकामनाएं।
पूर्ण विश्वास है कि आपकी ऊर्जा, प्रतिबद्धता, अनुभव एवं जन पक्षधरता ‘अंत्योदय’ के संकल्प को साकार करने में सहयोगी सिद्ध होगी।
आप सभी के उज्ज्वल कार्यकाल हेतु अनंत मंगलकामनाएं।
— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) September 26, 2021
“Congratulations to all the new members of the council of ministers. (I) have full confidence that your energy, commitment, experience and pro-people attitude will help to fulfil the pledge of ‘Antyodaya’. Best wishes to all of you for a bright tenure,” he said.
