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Download Solution PDFWho among the following became one of the Deputy Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh in March 2022?
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Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Brajesh Pathak
Key Points:
- By holding onto power in Uttar Pradesh for a second consecutive term, Yogi Adityanath and the BJP create history.
- Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh (UP), won the Gorakhpur Urban constituency's Assembly election on March 10, 2022, by a margin of 62,057 votes.
- Adityanath (with 1,20,610 votes) faced Samajwadi Party (SP) Sabhawati Shukla (47,232 votes), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Khwaja Shamsuddin (6,367 votes), Bhim Army head Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan (6,139 votes), and Congress' Chetna Pandey (1,942 votes).
- Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya has announced that the road leading to the Ram Janmbhoomi in Ayodhya will be named after the former UP Chief Minister Kalyan Singh.
- KP Maurya and Brajesh Pathak Appointed New UP Deputy CMs in March 2022.
- Besides Ayodhya, one road each in Lucknow, Prayagraj, Bulandshahr, and Aligarh will also be named after him.
- A two-time UP CM, Singh also served as Governor of Rajasthan from 2014 to 2019.
Additional InformationUttar Pradesh:
- It was earlier known as the United Provinces.
- In the year 1950, the name was changed to Uttar Pradesh.
- Uttaranchal was separated from Uttar Pradesh in the year 2000.
- In the year 2007, the name of Uttaranchal was changed to Uttarakhand.
- Capital: Lucknow
- Uttar Pradesh shares its borders with the states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh.
- It shares its international border with Nepal.
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