Lucknow : In the second expansion of the Yogi Adityanath ministry 2.0, 2 cabinet ministers and 4 state ministers were added into the Uttar Pradesh government, while the 2 state ministers were elevated and given independent charges on Sunday.
This move comes amid the assembly elections which are scheduled to be early next year.
आज @UPGovt में मंत्री पद की शपथ ग्रहण करने वाले सभी माननीय गण को हार्दिक बधाई।
— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) May 10, 2026
पूर्ण विश्वास है कि 'राष्ट्र प्रथम' के भाव के साथ आप सभी जनसेवा व सुशासन के संकल्पों के साथ नए उत्तर प्रदेश की विकास यात्रा को नई गति प्रदान करेंगे।
आप सभी के उज्ज्वल कार्यकाल हेतु अनंत मंगलकामनाएं। pic.twitter.com/VV0S7XL8Mp
In a swearing-in ceremony held at Jana Bhavan, former BJP state president Bhupendra Chaudhary and SP rebel Manoj Pandey were given the authority to hold cabinet ministers post. Along with that, state ministers Ajit pal Singh and Somendra Tomar were promoted to minister of state with independent charges.
In total four new state ministers took the oath. They are Krishna Paswan, Surendra Diler, Hansraj Vishwakarma and Kailash Rajput.
Governor Anandiben Patel administered the oath to the newly appointed ministers.
This marks the second expansion of the Yogi 2.0 ministry; the first took place in March 2024, two years after the government was formed. During that expansion, alliance partner and SBSP Chief Om Prakash Rajbhar, RLD’s Anil Kumar, Sunil Kumar, and Dara Singh Chauhan were inducted.
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