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Yogi Adityanath Meets Amit Shah In His Residence Over UP Cabinet, Suspense Continues Over Deputy Chief Ministerโ€™s Name

New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh chief ministerial Yogi Adityanath met Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss about the formation of the government in Uttar Pradesh. The two leaders discussed the ministers that will be sworn in along with Mr Adityanath on March 25, party sources said. The meeting was held late on Wednesday night at the home ministerโ€™s residence.

The BJP came back in power in the crucial state, which will elect its legislative party leader today. It is expected to be attended by Mr Shah, the partyโ€™s observer for government formation in UP, and several other senior BJP leaders.

The BJP with its allies won 274 seats out of 403, becoming the first party in over three decades to form a government for a second consecutive time in the state.

BJP is certain to name Mr Adityanath as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in Thursdayโ€™s meet. But the party has not yet taken a call on the names of the deputy chief ministers, sources said. It is still not clear if the incumbents โ€“ Keshav Maurya and Dinesh Sharma will continue. Mr Maurya, among the partyโ€™s biggest OBC faces in UP, lost the recently-held election, while Mr Sharma did not contest.

The swearing-in ceremony of the Adityanath-led government will be held on Friday in a mega event at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee stadium in Lucknow. BJP sources say close to 40 ministers could also be sworn in. Chief Minister of all BJP rules states and other top politicians from across the country will attend the swearing in ceremony. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the chief guest.  

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Congress To Call A Meeting To Discuss Organisational Elections On Saturday

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Congress has called a meeting of General Secretaries and in-charges on Saturday to discuss a range of issues including organizational elections.

All India Congress Committee General Secretaries and in-charges will be present at the meeting which will be chaired by General Secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal.

The Agenda for the meeting includes, โ€œSpecial Membership Drive, Organizational Elections and Planning agitational programmes.โ€

The so-called G-23 leaders of the Congress party has been pushing internal reforms including organizational elections in the party.

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday met G23 leaders Anand Sharma, Manish Tewari and Vivek Tankha at her residence in New Delhi as part of her efforts to resolve the deepening rift within the party after the poll rout of Congress in fives states in the recently concluded Assembly elections.

While G-23 leaders pressing for organizational changes, Sonia Gandhi is learnt to have said in the meeting that the requisite measures will be taken after the August-September elections for party president.

Quoting Sonia Gandhi, sources said, โ€œBy August-September, the election for partyโ€™s president will be over. Focus on that. I can make changes only to a certain extent by then.โ€

Congress faced a debacle in five states โ€“ Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand Goa, Manipur and Punjab that recently went to the polls.

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