Lucknow Mar 24 PTI Yogi Adityanath was on Thursday unanimously chosen as the leader of the BJP legislature party in Uttar Pradesh in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah BJPs central observer Raghubar Das Nishad Party leader Sanjay Nishad Ashish Patel of the Apna Dal S later presented support letters to Governor Anandiben Patel Now the Governor will invite him Yogi Adityanath to form the government We have presented her the support letter Acting Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma told reporters Senior party leader Suresh Kumar Khanna said Adityanath will be meet the Governor after an hour The BJP-led had won 273 of 403 seats in the just-concluded Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls While the BJP got 255 seats its allies Nishad Party and the Apna Dal S bagged 18 Adityanaths swearing-in ceremony will be held on Friday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and top BJP leaders There is however no confirmation about names of his deputies and the number of ministers in his second term The meeting of the newly elected party MLAs was held at Lok Bhawan here in which the name of Adityanath was proposed for the post of the leader of the BJP legislature party by Suresh Kumar Khanna Baby Rani Maurya Surya Pratap Shahi and others seconded the proposal Apna Dal S leader Ashish Patel and Nishad Party chief Sanjay Nishad were present with their MLAs in the meeting Adityanath said thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi partys central observers Shah and Raghubar Das Adityanath said he had no administrative experience when he became chief minister for the first time but PM Modi and Shah guided him to provide good governance in Uttar Pradesh The barrier that was seen in the implementation of schemes of the Centre in the state collapsed in the past five years he said People for the first time felt that houses for the poor could also be built For the first time it was felt that money can go directly into the account of the poor he said In a state like Uttar Pradesh festivals can now be celebrated in a peaceful manner he added Adityanath said the prime ministers mantra of sabka saath sabka vikas made an impact despite the opposition propaganda People rose above casteism and supported nationalism development and good governance he said referring to the results of the Assembly polls On the occasion Amit Shah hailed Adityanath saying no party returned to power in UP in 37 years Uttar Pradesh faced political instability for a long time due to casteist and dynastic parties Shah said He added that the BJPs victory in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in UP since 2014 established that people favoured politics of performance and not that of casteism and appeasement In the past 37 years no party got full majority again in Uttar Pradesh It is historic that the BJP is the only party which got over two-third seats for the second consecutive time Shah said referring to the Assembly polls No Chief Minister could get peoples support and become CM again But the people of the state elected Yogi again for the second time he said Shah said in 2014 when Narendra Modi became the partys PM face he sensed the support of the public and the party won 63 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state At that time we realised that we can win over 300 seats in UP in 2017 We tried to work for everyone but before 2017 under the rule of Samajwadi Party this could not be done because of politicisation of administration and criminalisation of politics he said We managed to secure a historic victory in 2019 and then in 2022 Whenever history will be written one will have to write about what happened in between 2017 and 2022 in UP he said referring to the previous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls Shah also credited Adityanath with ending politicisation of the administration and decriminalisation of politics The BJP government and Adityanath worked on the formula of sabka saath sabka vikas and we ensured that everyone gets the benefits they are entitled to without any discrimination he claimed PTI ABN SNS RDK RDK

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 24 (ANI): Buoyed by the victory in Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday slammed Samajwadi Party for promoting 'criminalization of politics' in the state.

Lucknow Mar 24 PTI Yogi Adityanath was on Thursday unanimously chosen the leader of the BJP legislature party in Uttar Pradesh in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah Adityanath will now visit the Raj Bhawan to meet Governor Anandiben Patel and stake claim to form the government The meeting of the newly elected party MLAs was held at Lok Bhawan here in which the name of Adityanath was proposed by senior party leader Suresh Kumar Khanna Baby Rani Maurya Surya Pratap Shahi and others seconded the proposal Apna Dal S leader Ashish Patel and Nishad Party chief Sanjay Nishad were present with their MLAs in the meeting Addressing the MLAs Adityanath said he wants to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi partys central observers Shah and Raghubar Das that after getting absolute majority under the PMs leadership he was elected the BJP legislature party leader Adityanath said he had no administrative experience when he became chief minister for the first time and thanked PM Modi and Amit Shah for guiding him to provide good governance in Uttar Pradesh Adityanath said the barrier that was seen in the implementation of the schemes of the Centre in the state collapsed during the past five years People for the first time felt that house for the poor could also be built For the first time it was felt that money can go directly into the account of the poor he said In a state like Uttar Pradesh festivals can now be celebrated in a peaceful manner he added Adityanath said the prime ministers mantra of sabka saath sabka vikas made impact despite the opposition propaganda People rose above casteism and supported nationalism development and good governance he said apparently referring to the results of the just-concluded UP Assembly polls On the occasion Amit Shah hailed Yogi Adityanath saying no party returned to power in UP in 37 years UP went through political instability as parties practised casteism dynasty politics he added Adityanaths swearing-in ceremony will be held on Friday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and top BJP leaders PTI ABN SNS RDK RDK

Lucknow Mar 24 PTI Yogi Adityanath was on Thursday unanimously chosen the leader of the BJP legislature party in Uttar Pradesh in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah Adityanath will now visit the Raj Bhawan to meet Governor Anandiben Patel and stake claim to form the government The meeting of the newly elected party MLAs was held at Lok Bhawan here The swearing-in ceremonywill be held on Friday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and top BJP leaders PTI AR ABN SNS RDK RDK

Panaji Mar 21 PTI Pramod Sawant was on Monday unanimously elected the leader of the BJP legislature party in Goa paving the way for him to take over as the chief minister for a second term and soon after the ruling party staked a claim to form the new government with support from two MGP MLAs and three Independent legislatorsThe BJP which won 20 seats in the 40-member Assembly submitted letters of support from the MGP Goas oldest regional party and three Independents MLAs to Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai who invited Sawant to form the next governmentI am satisfied that 25 MLAs are supporting the claim of Dr Pramod Sawant Accordingly I hereby invite you to be appointed as the chief minister of Goa You will assume office after administration of oath the Governor said after receiving the lettersEarlier in the day Sawants name for the top post was cleared at a meeting of the newly elected BJP MLAs and senior party leaders in Panaji in the eveningThe meeting was also attended by BJP central observers Narendra Singh Tomar and L Murugan Assembly poll in-charge Devendra Fadnavis and the partys state unit president Sadanand Shet TanavadeIt has been decided that Dr Pramod Sawant would be the leader of the House Tomar told reporters after the meetingTomar said MLA Vishwajit Rane proposed Sawants name as the leader of the BJP legislature party His proposal was seconded by other MLAs including Mauvin Godinho and Rohan KhaunteTomar said Sawants election was unanimousHe said the party will now stake a claim to form the next government in GoaThe BJP won 20 seats just one short of majority in the 40-member Assembly in the February 14 polls PTI RPS VT RSY RSY

Panaji Mar 21 PTI Pramod Sawant was on Monday unanimously elected the leader of the BJP legislature party in Goa paving the way for him to take over as the chief minister for a second termSawants name for the top post was cleared at a meeting of the newly elected BJP MLAs and senior party leaders in Panaji in the evening The meeting was also attended by BJP central observers Narendra Singh Tomar and L Murugan Assembly poll in-charge Devendra Fadnavis and the partys state unit president Sadanand Shet TanavadeIt has been decided that Dr Pramod Sawant would be the leader of the House Tomar told reporters after the meetingTomar said MLA Vishwajit Rane proposed Sawants name as the leader of the BJP legislature party His proposal was seconded by other MLAs including Mauvin Godinho and Rohan KhaunteTomar said Sawants election was unanimousHe said the party will now stake a claim to form the next government in GoaThe BJP won 20 seats just one short of majority in the 40-member Assembly in the February 14 polls It has received support from two MLAs of the MGP and three Independent legislators PTI RPS VT RSY RSY

Imphal Mar 21 PTI BJP legislature party leader N Biren Singh was Monday sworn in as the chief minister of Manipur for the second time at the Raj Bhavan hereSingh along with five cabinet ministers were administered oath by Governor La GanesanUnion ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Kiren Rijiju had on Sunday handed over a letter to Ganesan stating that Singh was elected unanimously as the leader of the BJP legislature party with 32 MLAsThe governor then invited Singh to form the next government in Manipur PTI CORR RBT RBT

Lucknow Mar 20 PTI The meeting of the BJPs Uttar Pradesh legislature party is likely to be held here on March 24 a day before the swearing-in of the new state chief minister a senior party leader said The meeting is to be held to formally elect CM-designate Yogi Adityanath as the states legislature party leader The date of the meeting of the BJP legislature party is yet to be finalised However there is a possibility that the meeting will be held on March 24 a senior UP BJP leader told PTI on Sunday When contacted another prominent party leader said A meeting of the BJP MLAs was to be held on March 21 but it seems to have been postponed to March 24 After leading the BJP to a thumping victory in the just-concluded elections Adityanath will be lead the countrys most populous and politically crucial state for the second time consecutively as its chief minister Union Home Minister Amit Shah and former Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das have been made the observer and co-observer respectively for the government formation in Uttar Pradesh PTI NAV RAX RAX

Dehradun Mar 19 PTI The BJP legislature party meeting to decide the new chief minister of Uttarakhand is likely to be held here on MondayThe partys central observers for Uttarakhand Rajnath Singh and Meenakshi Lekhi may arrive a day earlier on Sunday or on the same day to attend the meeting state BJP spokesman Shadab Shams told PTIThe swearing-in ceremony may take place on Tuesday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi Home Minister Amit Shah BJP president J P Nadda and chief ministers of several BJP-ruled states likely to attend the event he saidWith Kumaon celebrating Holi on Saturday many MLAs who represent constituencies in that region are still there They have been informed about the likely formation of government in two to three days and will arrive in Dehradun by Sunday Uttarakhand BJP president Madan Kaushik saidWhile Pushkar Singh Dhami continues to be the frontrunner for the post of chief minister despite his defeat from Khatima other probable names for the top job doing the rounds include those of Chaubattakhal MLA Satpal Maharaj Shrinagar MLA Dhan Singh Rawat and Rajya Sabha member Anil BaluniDhami is likely to be repeated as chief minister as he is young and energetic and also because the BJP had contested the polls in his name and recorded a big win sources in the BJPs state unit saidAnother reason why the party may decide to continue with Dhami is that it has already drawn much flak for changing two chief ministers in quick succession during its last tenure the sources saidIf Keshav Prasad Maurya who lost his seat in Uttar Pradesh can be made deputy CM again why cant Dhami be made chief minister a BJP leader requesting anonymity saidHowever if the party goes for a new face the necessity of striking a caste and regional balance will be a deciding factor in the choice of the next chief minister the sources saidAs Ajay Bhatt a Brahmin from Kumaon has already been made a Union minister of state a Thakur or a Rajput from Garhwal may be chosen for the chief ministers post to strike the much needed caste and regional balanceIf that is the case then Satpal Maharaj or Dhan Singh Rawat who are prominent Thakur leaders from Garhwal may emerge as favouritesThere is also talk about the new cabinet likely to consist of more young faces and more womenThe new names doing the rounds as probables for ministerial positions are those of Saurabh Bahuguna and Ritu Khanduri Bhushan Saurabh Bahuguna who won from Sitarganj is former chief minister Vijay Bahugunas son and Ritu Khanduri Bhushan who won from Kotdwar is the daughter of BJP veteran and former chief minister Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri PTI ALM ALM ANB ANB

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], March 16 (ANI): The Uttarakhand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislature party is likely to take place either on March 19 or 20 to elect the party leader, said a senior BJP leader on Wednesday.