Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday, 11 March, tendered his resignation to Governor Anandiben Patel at Raj Bhavan in Lucknow, as his first tenure came to an end.
This came as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept the UP Assembly election, winning 255 of the state's 403 seats, with a vote share of 41.3 percent.