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Uttar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath Yogi today distributed ministerial portfolios among his council of ministers, three days after taking oath of office on Sunday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah.
Yogi has retained 36 key ministries under him, including the portfolios of home, housing and urban planning, revenue, food and civil supplies etc. His predecessor Akhilesh Yadav also had about three dozen key ministries under him, as has been the convention under different party regimes.
Meanwhile, deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya has been allocated public works, food processing, entertainment tax and
