Yogi Adityanath govt 2.0: Meet the 5 women ministers of Uttar Pradesh
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Among the 52 Uttar Pradesh ministers who took oath today, two are deputy chief ministers, 16 cabinet ministers and 34 ministers of state (MoS).
New Delhi: As BJP makes a comeback in the state, a total of 52 leaders including five women were sworn in as ministers in the Yogi Adityanath Cabinet 2.0 on Friday (March 25).
In a mega event organised at Lucknow's Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Adityanath returned as the UP CM for a second consecutive term. Among the 52 ministers sworn in, two are deputy chief ministers, 16 cabinet ministers and 34 ministers of state (MoS).
Baby Rani Maurya
Baby Rani Maurya, the Jatav MLA from Agra Rural constituency, was sworn in as a cabinet minister. The 65-year-old leader had resigned as the Uttarakhand governor last year taking a plunge into active politics. She was the first Dalit woman to become Agra’s mayor in 1995. In the recently-concluded Assembly polls, Maurya had secured a comfortable win against BSP's Kiran Prabha Keshari by a margin of 76,608 votes.
Gulab Devi (Minister of State, Independent charge)
