Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Adityanath to meet PM Modi on Sunday to discuss new cabinet
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is scheduled to visit Delhi on Sunday to discuss the new cabinet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, media reports said.
The meeting will also include National President JP Nadda, Amit Shah and BL Santosh in Delhi will be present at the meeting, reported ANI.
The date of swearing-in ceremony will also be discussed in the meeting, it added.
BJP is considering several new faces in the cabinet along with a new Deputy Chief Minister, the report said.
The BJP's central leadership will choose the deputy CM from on a basic list prepared based on qualification, caste and regional equations because BJP gives place to every caste in its cabinet, according to the ANI report.
For the post of Deputy Chief Minister, the names of Swatantra Dev Singh, Baby Rani Maurya, Brijesh Pathak and Keshav Prasad Maurya are in talks, stated the report.
The leadership is also likely to include two former police officers in the new cabinet- Rajeshwar Singh and Asim Arun.
Allies Apna Dal and Nishad Party are also likely to get a place in the cabinet.
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