Akhilesh Yadav to be UP chief minister (Lead)
March 10th, 2012 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 10 (IANS) Akhilesh Yadav, 38, will be the next chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party said Saturday.
Akhilesh, the son of party chief and former chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and MP from Kannauj, will be the youngest to hold the post in Uttar Pradesh, the party said after a meeting of its legislators here.
Akhilesh was credited with steering his party to a thumping victory in India’s most politically crucial state, ousting the Bahujan Samaj Party of Mayawati. The SP bagged 224 seats in the 403-member assembly.
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