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UP CM Yogi Adityanath, 2 deputy CMs take oath as MLCs

Yogi and Maurya, who are sitting MPs from Gorakhpur and Phoolpur (Allahabad) seats, will now have to resign from their constituencies

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Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow
A day before Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath completes six months in office, he took oath as the member of the Vidhan Parishad, the Upper House of the state legislature.

Apart from Yogi, two deputy chief ministers, Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma, transport minister Swatantra Dev Singh and state WAQF minister Mohsin Raza also took the oath for the legislative council.

The five ministers, including Yogi, were administered the oath by Vidhan Parishad chairman Ramesh Yadav.

A member of the council of ministers is statutorily required to get elected to either of the two houses, Vidhan Sabha or