Andhra CM Jagan to have 5 deputies, UP CM has 2, check out full list of deputy CMs

Jagan Mohan Reddy, the newly sworn-in chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, will have record five deputies - each from Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Backward Classes, minority and Kapu communities. Before this, the maximum number of deputy chief ministers in any state has been two, such as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

When the BJP won the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, there were more than one contender for the top job and to satisfy them all, the party came out with the formula of two deputy chief ministers. While Adityanath was made the chief minister, Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma were made his deputies. As of now, there are 16 deputy chief ministers in 14 states, including Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar and Tamil Nadu.

Below is the list of chief ministers and their deputies

Uttar Pradesh

Chief Minister: Yogi Adityanath

Deputy Chief Ministers: Keshav Prasad Maurya, Dinesh Sharma

Rajasthan

Chief Minister: Ashok Gehlot

Deputy Chief Minister: Sachin Pilot

Gujarat

Chief Minister: Vijay Rupani

Deputy Chief Minister: Nitin Patel

Delhi

Chief Minister: Arvind Kejriwal

Deputy Chief Minister: Manish Sisodia

Bihar

Chief Minister: Nitish Kumar

Deputy Chief Minister: Sushil Modi

Karnataka

Chief Minister: HD Kumaraswamy

Deputy Chief Minister: G Parmeshwara

Tamil Nadu

Chief Minister: Edappadi K Palaniswami

Deputy Chief Minister: O Panneerselvam

Goa

Chief Minister: Pramod Sawant

Deputy Chief Ministers: Vijai Sardesai, Manohar Ajgaonkar

Manipur

Chief Minister: N Biren Singh

Deputy Chief Minister: Y Joykumar Singh

Meghalaya

Chief Minister: Conrad Sangma

Deputy Chief Minister: Prestone Tysong

Mizoram

Chief Minister: Zoramthanga

Deputy Chief Minister: Tawnluia

Nagaland

Chief Minister: Neiphiu Rio

Deputy Chief Minister: Yanthungo Patton

Arunachal Pradesh

Chief Minister: Pema Khandu

Deputy Chief Minister: Chowna Mein

Tripura

Chief Minister: Biplab Kumar Deb

Deputy Chief Minister: Jishnu Dev Varma