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Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury at the swearing-in ceremony of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow. PTI Photo/Nand Kumar
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Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and MP Jaya Bachchan at the swearing-in ceremony of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow on Thursday. PTI Photo/Nand Kumar
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Samajwadi Party activists stand on stage and celebrate after their leader Akhilesh Yadav was sworn-in as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state in Lucknow. AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh
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Samajwadi Party President Mulayam Singh Yadav attends the oath taking ceremony of his son Akhilesh Yadav as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state in Lucknow. AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh
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Dimle Yadav, second left, wife of Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, attends her husband's oath taking ceremony as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state in Lucknow.AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh
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Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav holds the hand of senior party leader Azam Khan while gesturing after his oath taking ceremony as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state in Lucknow. AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh
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Governor BL Joshi administers oath to the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav during the swaring in ceremony in Lucknow. HT Photo/Ashok Dutta
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Independent MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh greets Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav after taking oath as a Cabinet minister at the swearing-in ceremony in Lucknow. (PTI Photo)
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Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav gestures to his supporters during his oath taking ceremony as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow. Yadav, 38, who played a major role in revival of socialist Samajwadi Party fortunes in the recently concluded state elections, is the youngest chief minister Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav after taking oath at the swearing-in ceremony in Lucknow. PTI Photo by Nand Kumar
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Governor of Uttar Pradesh Banwari Lal Joshi and new chief minister of UP Akhilesh Yadav speak during the swearin-in ceremony in Lucknow. The 38-year-old engineering graduate was sworn in as the head of Uttar Pradesh, having bested the heir to the country's leading political dynasty in a watershed election. AFP PHOTO/STR
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Uttar Pradesh governor B L Joshi greeting Samajwadi Party state president Akhilesh Yadav after he took oath as the youngest-ever and 33rd chief minister of Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow. Agencies
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Uttar Pradesh governor B L Joshi and the new chief minister Akhilesh Yadav greeting the gathering after the swearing-in ceremony in Lucknow. PTI Photo by Nand Kumar
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