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Uttar Pradesh: BJP MLAs to meet in Lucknow to elect its leader

Swearing-in ceremony of new UP chief minister will be held at Kanshiram memorial ground on Sunday

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BJP supporters celebrate as early trends show the party's win in the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand assembly polls

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The Bharatiya Janata Party will hold its legislature meet on Saturday to elect the new chief minister of Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow.

All MLAs will meet at 5 pm to pick the next chief minister of the state.

Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu and BJP general secretary Bhupendra Yadav will also be present at the meeting as party's central observers.

The swearing-in ceremony of the new Uttar Pradesh chief minister will be held at the Kanshiram memorial ground on Sunday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah will also attend the ceremony.

The BJP marked an astounding victory in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections by winning 325 seats out of 403, thus dislodging the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) from power.
 

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First Published: Mar 18 2017 | 10:14 AM IST

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