The swearing-in ceremony of Akhilesh Yadav as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh will be streamed live across various social media and digital platforms at 10:30 am today.
The Samajwadi Party’s website, the party’s Facebook page, YouTube and DailyMotion will stream live the event of Yadav -- slated to be the youngest chief minister in India -- taking his oath of office.
The ceremony can also be viewed by 3G users across service providers on their mobile phones.
This is the first time that a political party is exploiting the vast reach of digital medium for a swearing-in ceremony.
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