Adityanath Announces Key Portfolios, Keeps Home Ministry

Yogi Adityanath, the new Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. (Photo: The Quint)

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced the portfolios for his cabinet on Wednesday. Some key allocations include the two Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya getting the PWD ministry, while Dinesh Sharma got Madhyamik Shiksha (Higher Education), Science and Technology, Electronics and IT departments. Other than PWD, Deputy CM Maurya has also been given Food Processing, Entertainment Tax and Public Enterprises Department.

Chetan Chauhan got Sports while former Congress member Rita Bahuguna was given Secondary Education. The chief minister kept the Home Ministry for himself.

Shrikant Sharma was given Power Ministry and Rajesh Aggarwal was given Finance.

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The lone Muslim member of the cabinet, Mohsin Raza will head Minority Affairs, and Swati Singh will head Women and Child Development Ministry.

Some other names include Surya Pratap Shahi and Siddharth Nagar Singh who will head Agriculture ministry, and Jai Prakash, who has been given Aabkari Vibhag (customs, exercise).

(With inputs from media reports.)

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