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Modi vs yogi

war Or peace?

with the all-important elections for the Uttar pradesh assembly slated for next year,

the battle-lines in the biggest state are getting sharper. in this heated atmosphere,

who could be the winners and losers? can Jitin prasada help the BJp in Up?

Our Bureau
Lucknow/New Delhi

or days if not weeks, the
corridors of power have
Fbeen agog with rumours
of a rift between Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi and Yogi
Adityanath, the chief minister
of Uttar Pradesh. But, amid
reports of a possible change in
the chief ministership and the
state BJP leadership, party’s
Uttar Pradesh in-charge Radha
Mohan Singh has denied that
there would be an expansion of
the state Cabinet. Singh also de-
scribed Adityanath as the most
“competent person” to fulfil the
PM’s dream.
Singh’s remarks came after
he met Governor Anandiben
Patel at Raj Bhavan in Lucknow
earlier in the day, fuelling spec-
ulation of a possible reshuffle
in the Cabinet. He, however, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath met Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in New Delhi on Thursday. (ANI)
termed his visit to Raj Bhavan
as a “courtesy call”, saying that to strengthen the party in the Many of these leaders had their adverse assessment of
he had not met the Governor state by seeking feedback from flagged issues like COVID-19 their own government’s Covid
after becoming the party’s in- its leaders in the wake of out- handling, disenchantment management.
charge of UP. come of panchayat polls and the among people and lack of coor- Last week, senior BJP lead-
Meanwhile, the Uttar murmurs from some sections dination between government er BK Santosh led a central
Pradesh Chief Minister arrived over handling of the COVID-19 and party leaders, among oth- mission to Uttar Pradesh to
in the national capital on Thurs- situation. ers. take feedback and carry out a
day to meet Prime Minister These efforts are also aimed The Uttar Pradesh Assem- review in meetings with minis-
Narendra Modi amid specula- at improving the coordination bly elections are scheduled to ters, MLAs, MPs and the Chief
tions of expansion of the Uttar between the party and the gov- take place in 2022. BJP had Minister too. A senior leader
Pradesh cabinet ahead of As- ernment, BJP national gener- stormed back to power in the of the BJP’s ideological mentor
sembly elections next year. al secretary (organisation) BL state in 2017 Assembly polls. In Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Ahead of the 2022 Assembly Santhosh arrived in Lucknow the 403 member Uttar Pradesh (RSS), Dattatreya Hosbole, had
elections, there is speculation earlier this week and held one- Assembly, among the major recommended the feedback
that the Yogi Adityanath-led on-one meetings with some of parties, BJP has 309 legislators, session after reportedly sensing
BJP government in the Uttar the ministers and leaders in the SP 49, BSP 18 and Congress 7. disenchantment in the cadre
Pradesh will reshuffle its cab- poll-bound state. Santhosh was With the elections less than during his visit.
inet soon. With elections due accompanied by Radha Mohan a year away, many MPs and The BJP has shut down any
next year, the BJP has decided Singh. MLAs have gone public with Continued on next page... >>

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