CM Yogi reached UP Deputy CM’s Official Residence for the First Time

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

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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.

The people of the union and the government also came to meet the CM

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.

There was a meeting with the organization minister and the state in charge at night

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.

Trying to find a middle ground

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.

Keshav was a contender for CM, had to be satisfied with the post of Deputy CM

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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.

When did Yogi and Keshav clash?

Keshav Prasad Maurya's nameplate was removed from the annex in the Chief Minister's Office after the BJP government was formed in 2017. As the dispute escalated, the office of both the people was established in the Vidhan Bhavan located in the Secretariat.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath himself had started reviewing the functioning of the Public Works Department (PWD) headed by Keshav. The Chief Minister started holding direct meetings with the officers of the department. Keshav was kept away from this.
When the Chief Minister started reviewing the functioning of the PWD, Keshav Prasad Maurya became vocal about the corruption in the Lucknow Development Authority under CM Yogi. For this, he wrote a letter to the Chief Minister and started demanding an inquiry.
The cases filed against Yogi Adityanath were easily withdrawn, but when Keshav Prasad Maurya's turn came, the files started moving here and there. After the intervention of the PMO, the cases registered against Keshav were dropped.
The appointment of MD of PWD was also done from the Chief Minister's Office. The officers whose names Keshav used to suggest were not appointed.
In the budget being released related to PWD construction, files were returned by the Chief Minister's Office several times in the last 4 years. Due to this, there was a lot of uproar in Keshav Prasad Maurya and the Chief Minister's Office.