Yogi Adityanath takes oath as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and 47 Ministers were sworn in thehindu.com

Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma take oath as Deputy Chief Ministers.

Yogi Adityanath, the controversial hardline advocate of Hindutva, took over as the 32nd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Two Deputy Chief Ministers — Dinesh Sharma and Keshav Prasad Maurya — and 47 Ministers were sworn in.

List of Ministers of State (Independent charge)

Anupama Jaiswal MLA from Bahraich

Suresh Rana (riot-accused) MLA from thana bhawan, Meerut

Upendra Tiwari, MLA from Phephna in Ballia. Brahmin leader

Mahendra Singh, MLA from Hasanpur in Amroha, defeated cabinet minister Kamal Akhtar

Swatantra Dev Singh, Kurmi leader and organization man. BJP gen sec in UP

Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary, was elected MLC last year, Jat leader from Moradabad

Dharm Singh Saini, MLA from Nakud in Saharanpur. Former BSP minister. Defeated Congress strongman Imran Masood. Is an OBC.

Anil Rajbhar, MLA from Varanasi’s Shivpur seat.

Swati Singh, debutant MLA from Sarojini Nagar in Lucknow, wife of Daya Shankar Singh who made sexist remarks on Mayawati. Thakur by caste. Defeated Anurag Yadav, nephew of Mulayam Singh.

State Ministers:

Gulab Devi: MLA from Chandausi. Dalit.

Jai Prakash Nishad: a most backward caste, MLA from Rudrapur in Deoria

Archana Pandey MLA from Chibramau in Kannauj, Brahmin

Jai Kumar Singh: MLA from Jahanabad seat in Fatehpur. Kurmi by caste. Fought on Apna Dal ticket

Atul Garg: MLA from Ghaziabad seat.

Ranvendra Pratap Singh: MLA from Hasanganj in Fatehpur, Thakur by caste

Neelkanth Tiwari: MLA from Varanasi South. Modi held road show in his constituency. First-time legislator and advocate by profession.

Mohsin Raza: Shia Muslim former cricketer from Lucknow. Not member of any house. BJP spokesperson on TV channels.

Girish Yadav: MLA from Jaunpur. OBC

Baldev Olakh: MLA from Bilaspur, and Sikh face

Mannu Kori: Dalit, MLA from Mehroni in Jhansi

Sandeep Singh: grandson of Kalyan Singh, MLA from Atrauli, only 26 years old. Youngest minister, Lodh by caste (OBC)

Suresh Pasi: Dalit, winner from Jagdishpur in Amethi, Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha seat.