Swearing-in Of New MLA’s In UP Assembly Begins Today

Lucknow, March 28 (TNA) The swearing-in ceremony of the elected members of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh will begin today. Members will be administered the oath of membership of the House on Monday and Tuesday in the Vidhan Sabha Pavilion.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will be the first to take oath as the Leader of the House. After this, Akhilesh Yadav will take oath as the Leader of Opposition.

Governor Anandiben Patel has nominated five senior members - Suresh Kumar Khanna, Rampal Verma, Jai Pratap Singh and Fateh Bahadur Singh of BJP and Mata Prasad Pandey of SP to adminster the oaths.

The swearing-in program of the elected members will start from 11 am. At the same time, before the oath, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will also address the media in the Legislative Assembly at 10:30 am.

In the Eighteenth Legislative Assembly, 255 of the ruling BJP, 111 of the SP, 12 of the Apna Dal (S), eight of the Rashtriya Lok Dal, six each of the Nishad Party and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, two of the Congress, one of the BSP, Two members of Jansatta Dal Loktantrik have been elected.