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Uttar Pradesh gets 4th successive non-legislator CM in Yogi Adityanath

Mulayam, Mayawati, Akhilesh were all sitting MPs when sworn in as CMs

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BJP MP Yogi Adityanath interacts with media after casting his vote during the sixth phase of the state assembly election in Gorakhpur on Saturday. Photo: PTI

Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow
With Gorakhpur Member of Parliament (MP) Yogi Adityanath donning the mantle of the 21st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh today, he also became the 4th leader in a row to be elevated to the coveted post while not being a member of either house of the UP legislature.

None of his three immediate predecessors viz Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav were the members of the UP legislature, at the time they were sworn in as the CM.


Mulayam Singh had