New Delhi: The oath-taking ceremony of Yogi Adityanath and other leaders for the new Uttar Pradesh cabinet was completed on Friday. The ceremony was held in Lucknow’s Ekana International Cricket Stadium.
In the capital, the Chief Minister of BJP ruling states such as Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Haryana, and Manipur participated in the event.
In the new cabinet of CM Yogi, there will be 52 ministers. The biggest development was seen for the post of Deputy Chief Ministers. Former Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya retained his post. However, Dinesh Sharma will be replaced by Brajesh Pathak. Brajesh Pathak is going to become the new deputy CM in the Yogi government.
उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार के शपथ ग्रहण समारोह में देश के यशस्वी प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी, महामहिम राज्यपाल मा० आनंदीबेन पटेल जी एवं यशस्वी केंद्रीय मंत्रीगणों, केंद्रीय शीर्ष व प्रदेश नेतृत्व की गरिमामयी उपस्थिति में उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार के उपमुख्यमंत्री पद की शपथ ग्रहण करते हुए pic.twitter.com/0L0xrisdIa
— Brajesh Pathak (@brajeshpathakup) March 25, 2022
Seeing the biggest development in UP politics, we have decided to tell you about him in points.
Who is Brajesh Pathak?
Brajesh Pathak is a 57-year-old leader and a popular Brahmin face in Uttar Pradesh. On the BJP ticket, he contested the election from Lucknow Cantt seat against Samajwadi Party leader Surendra Singh. He won the seat by defeating Singh. He got 1,08,147 votes.
Pathak was born Hardoi’s Mallawan to Suresh Pathak on June 25, 1964. He is a lawyer by profession. He completed his Bachelor of Law (LLB) from Lucknow University.
Brajesh Pathak started his political career from the Congrees in the early 90s. In 2002, Pathak fought his first election on the Congress’ ticket from Mallawan but lost to the BSP candidate. Later, he joined BSP. On the BSP ticket, he won two consecutive Lok Sabha elections from Unnao in 2004 and 2009.
Ahead of the 2017 UP assembly election, he joined BJP in the presence of Union home minister Amit Shah and other senior party leaders.
In 2017, he contest the election from Lucknow Central constituency and conquered SP rival, Ravidas Mehrotra.
