UP: Yogi Adityanath to be elected leader of legislature party on Mar 24

According to the party sources, the meeting, which is scheduled to be held at Lok Bhawan, will be attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who has been nominated as an observer for Uttar Pradesh and co-observer and former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Raghubar Das.

On the same day, Adityanath will meet Governor Anandiben Patel and stake his claim to form the government in the state.

Swearing in ceremony will be held on Mar 25 at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium in Gomti Nagar.

It may be noted that BJP and its allies won 273 seats out of 403 in the Vidhan Sabha.

The party has set a record as after a gap of 37 years BJP will form the government for the second consecutive term.

Besides, Adityanath has set a personal record of being the lone Chief Minister to win an election while being on the post and becoming the CM again.

In 2007, Mulayam being the CM at that time contested the elections, though he won his party lost power to Bahujan Samaj Party.

It may be noted that Adityanath had already resigned from the Legislative Council.

He sent his resignation letter to the Legislative Council Chairman on Monday evening, sources said here on Tuesday.

A consecutive five time MP from Gorakhpur, Adityanath has been elected for the first from Gorakhpur (Sadar) seat in the just concluded assembly polls in the state.

Adityanath was elected to the state legislative council on Sept 8, 2017 after he was made the Chief Minister.