Soon-to-be second time UP CM Yogi Adityanath will have two deputies, like in the previous term -. Keshav Maurya and Brajesh Pathak., according to ndtv.com.

Incidentally, Maurya had to bite the dust in the election but has been retained, while Dinesh Sharma, who didn't contest has been replaced by Pathak.

Pathak, a top Brahmin leader, was in nchareg of the law ministry in Adityanath's government.

Adityanath was on Thursday unanimously chosen the leader of the BJP legislature party in Uttar Pradesh in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

The swearing-in ceremony will be held on Friday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and top BJP leaders.

The BJP top brass on Thursday gave final touches to the government formation exercise in Uttar Pradesh as the party takes into account a variety of factors, ranging from caste, age, regional balance and education among others, to decide on the members of the new Cabinet.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is also the party's observer for the legislative party meeting, BJP president J P Nadda and Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who was his party's in-charge for the state polls, met on Thursday for deliberations.