UP Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav will take over as the 32nd chief minister of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday.
UP Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav will take over as the 32nd chief minister of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. He will take oath of office at a grand ceremony at the vast La Martiniere College grounds right in front of the chief minister’s official residence here. Akhilesh, who will be the youngest CM of UP will continue as the party’s state unit chief. He would also be the only UP CM whose father (Mulayam Singh Yadav) has also held this post.
Speaking with reporters here on Wednesday, Akhilesh said he would be taking oath along with a small council of ministers. Sources said the number of ministers taking oath with Akhilesh could number about 18.
The swearing-in ceremony is likely to be attended by top politicians, industrialists and cine stars. Party sources say Akhilesh’s crowning as UP CM was delayed by almost 10 days after the results came in precisely because SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav planned it to be a show of strength for the party. In fact, there has been talk of Mulayam using the occasion to kick-start the Third Front once again in view of the approaching Lok Sabha election in 2014.
Among the personalities expected to attend the swearing-in are ADAG chief Anil Ambani, actor and SP MP Jaya Bachchan, JD (U) chief Sharad Yadav, CPM leaders Prakash and Vrinda Karat, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah, J&K CM Omar Abdullah, former PM HD Deve Gowda, and former Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu.
Union minister of state Sultan Ahmed and West Bengal co-operatives minister HA Safvi would be representing Trinamool Congress. AICC treasurer Motilal Vora and Union parliamentary affairs minister Pawan Bansal are reportedly representing Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.
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