Yogi Adityanath to take oath as UP chief minister: Here’s how politicians reacted on Twitter

Yogi Adityanath who is believed to have a staunch Hindutva ideology will be sworn in on Sunday at 2.15 pm in Lucknow.

New Delhi | Updated: March 18, 2017 09:27 PM IST

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Following speculations on the possible Chief Minister candidates for Uttar Pradesh, the BJP on Saturday finally designated the chair to Yogi Adityanath. The 44-year old Lok Sabha member from Gorakhpur has been declared as the 32nd CM of the state. The other front-runners for the party were Keshav Prasad Maurya and Manoj Sinha. A large crowd assembled in major towns to celebrate the CM candidate announcement.

Yogi Adityanath who is believed to have a staunch Hindutva ideology will be sworn in on Sunday at 2.15 pm in Lucknow. Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma will be the Yogi’s deputies. PM Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah will also be present, along with other BJP leaders for the swearing-in.

Yogi Adityanath who has made anti-muslim statements in the past is also the head priest of the Gorakhnath temple in the eastern UP city. His inflammatory speeches also led to arrests and riots in the state. The BJP won clear majority in the state securing 312 seats in 403 member house for which the firebrand leader Yogi Adiyanath was closely campaigning after PM Modi.

Leaders have been congratulating Yogi Adityanath on Twitter. Minister of State Piyush Goyal tweeted saying UP under the leadership of Yogi Adityanath will touch new heights.

Minister of Youth affairs and sports Vijay Goel also expressed his best wishes to the elected CM and deputy CMs.

Social worker Tarun Vijay thanked PM Modi for declaring Yogi Adityanath as the CM of UP.

Minister of science Dr. Harsh Vardhan expressed massive support to the selected CM by BJP

Madhya Pradesh CM, Shivraj Singh Chauhan congratulated Yogi Adityanath and assured that UP will be benefited by his guidance and leadership.

While there were many praises for BJP’s CM candidate, other political leader were disheartened to hear the announcement. Swaraj Abhiyan party leader Yogendra Yadav tweeted saying that people like Yogi Adityanath should not hold any constitutional post.

Omar Abdullah reacted on twitter saying BJP spokesperson should stop asserting that RSS is only a social organisation.

Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said “Congress Party will continue to act as a watchdog of people’s interests and play a constructive role in progress of state of UP”.

Congress leader Veerappa Moily critised BJP’s selection of CM candidate and said it is a “big assault” on secularism” and that Hinduism is not India.

Former Union Minister Salman Khurshid expressed his views on Yogi Adityanath through a poem entitled ” Tribute to new CM of UP”

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