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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath having lunch at the residence of Amritlal Bharti, SP workers gather in large numbers to attend a function as former UP ministers Swami Prasad
in Gorakhpur on Friday. (ANI Photo) Maurya, Dharam Singh Saini and others join SP party, in Lucknow on Friday. (ANI Photo)

The spate of resignations began state.
with Swami Prasad Maurya quitting But Nishad Party chief Sanjay
the cabinet. Maurya, a prominent Nishad on Thursday slammed the
leader from the OBC community, had ministers in the Yogi Adityanath cab-
joined the BJP from BSP. Dara Singh inet who resigned from the Bharatiya
Chauhan had resigned as minister on Janata Party weeks ahead of the As-
Wednesday. Dharam Singh Saini be- sembly polls in the state, and said that
came the third minister on Thursday. they had nothing to show for while
Samajwadi Party has stitched a they were going out to seek people’s
coalition of smaller parties for the support once again.
assembly polls and has emerged as UP cabinet minister Dharam
the main rival of the ruling BJP in the Singh Saini resigned from his post on
state. Thursday. The BJP had suffered the
Earlier BJP MLAs Mukesh Ver- jolt of resignation by two of its sitting
ma, Vinay Shakya, Avtar Singh Bhad- ministers in the state: Swami Prasad
ana, Roshan Lal Verma, Brijesh Pra- Maurya and Dara Singh Chauhan
japati and Bhagwati Sagar resigned along with some MLAs. Nishad said,
from the party. “When the Election commission is-
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena Rajya Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra speaks to the media, sues the Model Code of Conduct,
Sabha MP and senior party leader in Agra on Wednesday (ANI Photo) there is no minister or MLA. It is
Sanjay Raut on Friday slammed the their responsibility to be amongst
Yogi Adityanath government and said Pradesh. When important ministers, and we are preparing for it,” he fur- the public and win the election once
that in the coming days, at least 10 OBC leaders are leaving, you can un- ther told ANI. again. They did not say anything for
ministers may resign from the Uttar derstand in which direction the wind But Samajwadi Party (SP) chief five years, the BJP was not bad then.
Pradesh government. The pre-poll is blowing,” Raut told ANI. Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday an- Now when you have to go to the pub-
churning in Uttar Pradesh has seen Many leaders, who left the party nounced that he would not let any lic and seek their support, then you
the BJP getting a jolt with six MLAs over the past few days, accused the more Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are accusing the party. That means
resigning from the party and three BJP government of not bothering MLAs or ministers join the SP. you have nothing to show for.”
ministers quitting amid signals that about the rights of minorities and “Let me tell BJP that I will not Asked about the first list of can-
they will join Samajwadi Party. Dha- backward classes. Senior Shiv Sena take any BJP MLA, minister any- didates released by Congress in the
ram Singh Saini became the third leader reacted sharply on the num- more. They can deny tickets (to their state consisting of 40 per cent women,
minister on Thursday who has re- ber of ministers quitting the Uttar leaders) if they wish to,” said Yadav the Nishad Party chief said that the
signed from the Yogi Adiyanath gov- Pradesh government. He said, “As per in a press conference here. The state- BJP alliance does not have any dan-
ernment in the last four days. my knowledge, this is just the begin- ment of the former Chief Minister ger. “There is no danger. BJP and its
Sanjay Raut, on Friday said, ning. 10 more ministers may resign in came after many BJP MLAs and allies will win the election,” he said.
“This figure will keep on increasing. the coming days.” ministers including Swami Prasad Elections for the 403 assembly
Look at the way people were working Raut reiterated that party will Maurya, a prominent leader from the constituencies in Uttar Pradesh will
under pressure for five years. No work contest elections on 50-100 seats in OBC community, quit the Bharatiya be held in seven phases starting Feb-
has happened in BJP’s rule. People of Uttar Pradesh. Janata Party (BJP). ruary 10, the Election Commission
Uttar Pradesh are saying that event “I met Rakesh Tikait ji yesterday. Sitting BJP MLAs Bhagwati said. The polling in Uttar Pradesh will
management does not mean running It was not a political meeting. Uddhav Sagar, Vinay Shakya, Roshan Lal be held on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27
the government. Talking of 80:20 per Thackeray ji also spoke to him over Verma, Mukesh Verma and Brajesh and March 3 and 7 in seven phases.
cent political polarisation may work the phone and told him that the fight Kumar Prajapati have also joined SP. The counting of votes will take
but state and country cannot develop.” for the cause of farmers is still very Samajwadi Party has stitched a place on March 10.
“Yesterday I met many unem- long and is not over yet. We will defi- coalition of smaller parties for the as- That day will be big test for Yogi,
ployed people in the poll-bound nitely fight assembly elections in Ut- sembly polls and has emerged as the and also for the central government
state and they want change in Uttar tar Pradesh between 50 to 100 seats main rival to challenge the BJP in the of Narendra Modi.

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