The name of Adityanath was proposed for the post of the leader of the BJP legislature party by Suresh Kumar Khanna. Baby Rani Maurya, Surya Pratap Shahi and others seconded the proposal. Apna Dal (S) leader Ashish Patel and Nishad Party chief Sanjay Nishad were present with their MLAs in the meeting. Adityanath thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party's central observers Shah and Raghubar Das. Adityanath said he had no administrative experience when he became chief minister for the first time but PM Modi and Shah guided him to provide good governance in Uttar Pradesh.