The biggest news is coming so far from the politics of Uttar Pradesh. For the first time, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has reached the official residence of Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya in the capital Lucknow. There is a meeting going on between the two. It is said that everything was not going well between the two for a long time. The mutual estrangement between the Deputy CM and the CM has come to the fore openly many times. Keshav Maurya had said in a program in Agra only a week ago that the face of CM in UP will be decided from Delhi itself.
Apart from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma, Sangh's Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Hoshbole, and Saha Sarkaryavah Krishna Gopal and field campaigner Anil Singh and some other officials also reached Keshav Maurya's residence. Everyone had lunch here and blessed Keshav Maurya's son and daughter-in-law.
Actually, Keshav Maurya married his son between Corona and the lockdown. No VIP attended the wedding due to protocol. It is said that this is also a big reason behind meeting and lunch.
On Monday night itself, the meeting of the core committee of BJP was held at the CM residence. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, Deputy CM Dr. Dinesh Sharma, Union Organization Minister BL Santosh, and state in-charge Radha Mohan Singh also participated in this. It is being told that during this time the rift between the two had come to the fore in front of the central leadership. Keshav had complained of neglect in the party and the government.
Since the formation of the BJP government in UP in 2017, all has not been well between Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya. Many times the dispute between the two has also come to the fore. During the 2017 assembly elections, Keshav Maurya had made good inroads into the backward classes. With the help of this, the BJP government was formed in UP.
Now with Keshav, there is a 17% OBC vote bank. BJP does not want to lose it under any circumstances. At the same time, the Hindutva face of Yogi is also very much liked in the state. In such a situation, the party does not want to upset both Yogi and Keshav. So now an attempt is being made to find a middle ground.
During the 2017 assembly elections, BJP won a landslide victory in UP under the chairmanship of Keshav Maurya. Then it was believed that Keshav would be the next CM, but the party handed over the chair to Yogi Adityanath. Then Keshav had to be satisfied with the post of Deputy CM. Despite being the Deputy CM, Keshav was given less attention.
The people of the Yogi faction always dominated the government. Even Keshav could not transfer the officers of his own department with his mind. For this also the approval of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had to be taken. Keshav was not happy with this despite being in the government.