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Yogi Adityanath begins second term as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda are among the list of invitees.

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Yogi Adityanath took oath as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium in Lucknow today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda were among the invitees who to attend the oath-taking ceremony. 

Chief Ministers from BJP ruled states who will attend Yogi Adityanath`s oath-taking include Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Haryana CM ML Khattar, Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu, Manipur CM Biren Singh, Himachal Pradesh CM Jai R Thakur and Tripura CM Biplab Deb, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel and Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami. Pramod Sawant, who will take oath as the Chief Minister of Goa on March 28, were also present at the event in Lucknow.

Religious leaders were invited in large numbers to give their blessings for the government to work for the people of the state in the next five years. 

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Prominent Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev was also present at the ceremony. Eminent industrialists, sportspersons, artists, Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awardees were also invited to the event.

The guest list also included professionals, leaders from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and retired government officers. The BJP retained power in Uttar Pradesh by winning 255 out of 403 constituencies, securing a 41.29 per cent vote share.

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