Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has inducted six new ministers into his cabinet, including two of cabinet rank and four ministers of state, ahead of the 2027 assembly elections.
The move is aimed at strengthening the BJP's socio-political base in the state and fine-tune equations in the party's favour.
The new cabinet ministers are Bhupendra Chaudhary and Manoj Pandey, while the new ministers of state are Krishna Paswan, Kailash Rajput, Surendra Diler, and Hansraj Vishwakarma.
Two ministers of state have been elevated to independent charge, including Ajit Pal and Somendra Tomar.
The expansion has raised the number of cabinet ministers to 23, with 16 ministers of state (independent charge) and 21 ministers of state, taking the total strength to 60.
