Lucknow: Elaborate security arrangements have been done for the swearing-in ceremony of Yogi Adityanath as the 21st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh here today.
According to official sources, State’s Chief Secretary Rahul Bhatnagar, Director General of Police Javeed Ahmad along with other senior officials visited the venue, Smriti Upvan park, to take stock of the preparations and security arrangements.
Interestingly, Adityanath also visited the venue in the morning escorted by the Bharatiyta Janata party’s state General Secretary Vijay Bahadur Pathak.
The swearing-in ceremony will take place at 2.15 p.m., in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah, a host of union ministers and senior party leaders.
Hundreds of supporters of Yogi Adityanath from all across the state have reached Lucknow to attend the swearing-in-ceremony.
Apart from Adityanath, two other deputy Chief Ministers-Dinesh Sharma and Keshav Prasad Maurya-will also be sworn-in.
Meanwhile, celebrations started in Gorakhpur, from where Adityanath is a Lok Sabha member.
