UP Politics: After the BJP Working Committee meeting in Lucknow on July 14, political turmoil has increased in Uttar Pradesh. Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak have given an open challenge to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. It is not right to call it a rebellion because these people are not rebelling against the party and are not making any statement against the Chief Minister. They are just making the Chief Minister realize their strength. Keshav Prasad Maurya has shared his photos with about 43 MLAs, two MLCs and about 10 ministers on social media in 10 days. If this is not an open challenge, then what else can it be?
Everything was not going well in Uttar Pradesh BJP since losing the Lok Sabha elections. When Yogi Adityanath called his first cabinet meeting after the election results, both the deputy CMs were absent. Maurya blew the bugle in the BJP working committee meeting. The matter reached Delhi. The matter reached the court of BJP President JP Nadda and PM Narendra Modi but there was no change in the behavior of both the deputy CMs of the state. Even after Delhi's intervention, both the deputy CMs are not leaving any opportunity to hurt the dignity of Yogi Adityanath.
In 10 days, about 43 MLAs and 10 ministers reached Keshav Prasad Maurya's office.
Since the 14th, about 43 MLAs, two MLCs and 10 ministers have come to meet Keshav Prasad Maurya at his camp office. Of these, 3 are Union ministers. Apart from this, several dozen MPs, former MPs and former MLAs of the state are also among those who meet him. People from the regional and district level organizations are also meeting him continuously. The biggest thing is that this work is not being done quietly. In such a situation, when there is a power struggle between two bigwigs, the MLAs and ministers do not go with any faction. Photo sessions are going on every day at Keshav Prasad Maurya's camp office.
The simple meaning is that Maurya is trying to show how many people of the party are with him. Whether this show of strength is for the Centre, for Yogi Adityanath or for both, only he can tell better. Below are the names of the MLAs with whom Keshav Prasad Maurya has put his photo on his x handle. It is not necessary that these MLAs will be with Keshav Prasad Maurya, it is also possible that if the opportunity arises, these MLAs will go with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. It is also possible that just like these people went to meet Keshav Prasad Maurya at his camp office, they may have gone to meet CM Yogi at his office as well. This is a game of political symbols. Keshav Prasad is doing the same. It remains to be seen how much success he gets.
Legislator
1.Mahesh Chandra Gupta
2. Ajay Singh
3. Anil Kumar Maurya
4. Krishna Paswan
5. Aakash Saxena
6. Rajeev Tara
7. Suresh Pasi
8. Mahendra Singh Khadgawanshi
9. Manish Rawat
10. Ashutosh More
11. Surendra Choudhary
12. Umesh Dwivedi
13. Gauri Shankar Verma
14. Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha
15. Devendra Pratap Singh
16. Kailash Singh Rajput
17. Pawan Singh Chauhan
18. Ramchandra Yadav
19. Ashok Kumar
20. DC Verma
21. P N Pathak
22. Sushil Kumar Shakya
23. Amit Singh Chauhan
24. Moolchand Niranjan
25. Laxmi Raj Singh
26. Surendra Chaurasia
27. Shalabh Mani Tripathi
28. Sabha Kunwar Kushwaha
29. Deepak Kumar Mishra
30. Abandonment of horses
31. Poonam Shankhwar
32. Lalji Prasad Nirmal
33. Vikas Gupta
34.Subhash Tripathi
35. Piyush Ranjan Nishad
36. Sitaram Verma
37. Ramkrishna Bhargava
38. Ajay Singh
39. Ommani Verma
40. Surendra Kushwaha
41. Ganesh Singh Chauhan
42. Mukesh Chowdhary
43. Surendra Maithani
44. Bahoran Lal Maurya (Legislative Council Member)
45. Hansraj Vishwakarma (Member Legislative Council)
Ministers
1. Cabinet Minister Dr. Sanjay Nishad
2. Minister of State Narendra Kashyap
3. Cabinet Minister Dara Singh Chauhan
4. Cabinet Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar
5. Surya Pratap Shahi
6. Minister of State Vijayalakshmi Gautam
7. Pyaara Lal 'Mannu Kori'
8. Minister of State (Independent Charge) Narendra Kumar Kashyap
9. Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Choudhary (Union Minister)
10. Union Minister of State Kamlesh Paswan (Union Minister)
Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak do not tag Yogi Adityanath for whatever is happening in the state
Keshav Prasad Maurya shares pictures and information related to the Uttar Pradesh government, development works etc. on Instagram but does not tag the Uttar Pradesh government, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Both the Deputy CMs of the state, Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak are playing a trick in this matter. Both of them tag PM Modi, BJP etc. for the work related to their respective cabinets but completely ignore CM Yogi Adityanath or the UP government. Along with this, both the Deputy CMs constantly retweet the tweets of PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, JP Nadda but do not retweet the tweets of Yogi Adityanath. Whether it is related to the Uttar Pradesh government or any other subject.
The other deputy CM Brajesh Pathak, like Keshav Prasad Maurya, also does not tag Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in any of his tweets. It is clear that the relations of both the deputy CMs are not cordial with CM Yogi Adityanath.