Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday distributed portfolios for the 44 ministers who were sworn into his cabinet on Sunday.

The CM, after meeting Governor Ram Naik at Raj Bhawan in Lucknow, submitted a full list of ministers with their respective portfolios. Adityanath decided to keep the most crucial home Ministry for himself. By keeping the home ministry for himself, Yogi has sent out a clear message – the government plans to make law and order a priority.

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Deputy Chief Minister and UP BJP Chief Keshav Prasad Maurya was given the Public Works Department (PWD) ministry and Dinesh Sharma, also deputy CM, received the secondary and higher education ministry.

Keshav Prasad Maurya, who left the Bahujan Samaj Party last year to join the BJP, was given the Cooperative department ministry.

Swati Singh, MLA from Lucknow’s Sarojini Nagar and president of UP BJP women’s wing, received the women and child development ministry. Singh was in the news last year after her husband Dayashankar Singh kicked up a row by making objectionable comments against BSP chief Mayawati.

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Other key leaders who got plum ministries include Rita Bahuguna Joshi with women & child development and tourism, Ashutosh Tandon with primary education and Shrikant Sharma with power.

Senior BJP leader Sidharth Nath Singh got both the agriculture and health ministries. Cricketer-turned-politician Chetan Chauhan will take charge as the sports minister while Mohsin Raza, the lone Muslim in the new UP cabinet, will get the minority affairs ministry.

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The key portfolio of finance has gone to BJP’s Bareilly Cantt MLA Rajesh Agarwal.