The swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected BJP government in Uttar Pradesh will be held in the state capital on March 25, a senior government official said on Friday.

The ceremony will take place at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ikana Stadium in Lucknow at 4pm, he said.

Before the ceremony, Yogi Adityanath, who led the BJP to victory in the just-concluded elections, will be elected the leader of the House, party sources said.

This will be Adityanath’s second consecutive term.

Senior BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, defence minister Rajnath Singh and BJP national president J.P. Nadda, are likely to attend the event, the sources said.

The chief ministers of other BJP-ruled states are expected to attend the function, they said, adding that top leaders of Opposition parties will also be invited.

Massive preparations

for the programme have already started wherein beneficiaries of various schemes of the previous Adityanath government, including women, will be invited, the sources said.

The size of the ministry or who all will be taking oath on that day is not clear as of now, they added.

The BJP won 255 seats in the 403-member Assembly and its allies bagged 18 seats, paving the way for the party to return to power for the second consecutive term.

Elections in the heartland state were held in seven phases and the results announced on March 10.