Uttar Pradesh Cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, over a dozen new ministers likely to take oath

Uttar Pradesh Cabinet reshuffle, which was earlier deferred amid concerns over the health condition of former Union minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley, is likely to take place on Wednesday.

The swearing-in ceremony of the new members of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led Cabinet is slated to be held at the Raj Bhawan in Lucknow on Wednesday. More than a dozen new ministers are expected to take oath during the ceremony.

Three to four ministers with independent charge are also expected to be sworn in.

The news names likely to be inducted in the Cabinet include Ashok Kataria, Vidyasagar Sonkar, Udaybhan Singh, Kapil Dev Agrawal, Anil Sharma, Pankaj Singh, Sanjiv Raja, Nilima Katiyar, Dal Bahadur Kori, Ashish Patel, Mahendra Singh, Suresh Rana, Anil Rajbhar and Upendra Tiwari.