Yogi, his two deputies, ministers to take oath of UP Legislative council on Sep 18

Lucknow, Sept 16: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, his two deputies-- Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma along with State Minister Swantra Deo Singh and state minister for minority welfare Mohsin Raza-- would take the oath of the member of the state Legislative Council on September 18, the last day of their six-month tenure as a minister without being a member of the either House. Legislative Council chairman Ramesh Yadav would administer the oath to the five new members at Tilak Hall in the Assembly premises at 1100 hrs, officials here today confirmed. All the five were elected unopposed to the state Legislative Council early this month. While the CM, his two deputies and Swantra Deo Singh were elected on September 8, Mohsin Raza was declared elected on September 11. The Chief Minister was elected on the seat vacated by SP member Yashwant Singh, while deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya replaced Bhukkal Nawab of SP. The term of both the seats will expire on July 8, 2022. Mr Sharma contested for the seat vacated by Ashok Bajpai and Swantradeo Singh by Sarojni Agarwal. Term of both the seats will expire on January 30, 2021. Mr Raza, the only Muslim minister in the Yogi ministry, was elected from the seat left by BSP member Thakur Jaiveer Singh. But the term of the seat is just for around eight months as it will end on May 5, 2018. Mr Adityanath is presently a Lok Sabha member from Gorakhpur and Keshav Prasad Maurya from Phulpur seat in Allahabad. However, both the MPs would have to resign from the Lok Sabha seat before taking the oath of the member of the Legislative council. All the five ministers were slated to get elected to either House of the state legislature by September 18 when six months of their tenure as Minister expires after taking oath on March 19. UNI