Last Updated on 26/07/2024 by Ankita Jain
What is going on in UP politics? For the past week, the same question has been floating in the political corridors. Statements, meetings and reports of behind-the-scenes meetings have heated up the atmosphere of UP. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and both Deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brijesh Pathak are leaving for Delhi this evening. Along with the government, the UP BJP organization will also be present in Delhi. State President Bhupendra Chaudhary and Organization General Secretary Dharampal Singh will also reach the national capital. The CM will participate in the NITI Aayog meeting in Delhi. Will discuss the budget and development of Uttar Pradesh. Apart from this, UP BJP leaders can also meet the central leadership.
According to sources, before leaving Delhi, CM Yogi, Maurya, Pathak, Bhupendra Chaudhary and Dharampal Singh will attend a meeting of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh this evening. This intellectual meeting has been called by senior RSS pracharak Sankari Lal. People associated with the government and the organization will brainstorm in this meeting. A week ago, Deputy Chief Minister Maurya and State President Bhupendra Chaudhary had reached Delhi. Maurya had a meeting with BJP leaders. While Chaudhary had listed the reasons for BJP’s defeat in UP and submitted his report.
UP BJP leaders will stay in Delhi for two days
Now once again the Delhi program of BJP leaders has been finalised. The CM and both the Deputy CMs will be in Delhi on 27th and 28th. They can also meet senior BJP leaders along with the Niti Aayog meeting there. CM Yogi Adityanath can meet Prime Minister Modi. Experts say that since the entire top leadership of Uttar Pradesh will be in Delhi, it is possible that there can be a discussion about the organization as well.
Both deputy CMs stayed away from review meetings
After the Lok Sabha election results, the CM is continuously holding review meetings. All the MLAs, MPs and ministers of the division are being called. Meetings of all the divisions have been held except Varanasi. A meeting of Lucknow division has been scheduled at 11:30 am today. Every meeting is followed by lunch or dinner. UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya did not attend the review meeting in Prayagraj. BJP state president Bhupendra Chaudhary stayed away from the Moradabad division meeting. Now Deputy CM Brijesh Pathak is also not attending the review meeting of Lucknow division. Both the Deputy CMs have not attended any review meeting yet. In these review meetings, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath probed the minds of all the MLAs, ministers, MLCs and other public representatives.
Some maintained silence, some targeted officers
The public representatives who could not attend the review meeting with the Chief Minister, met the Chief Minister separately. In the review meetings, some MLAs complained about the work of the officers and officials, but most of the people kept quiet. Most of the MLAs complained about the officials in one-to-one meetings with the Chief Minister.
It is believed that by-elections are going to be held on 10 assembly seats. In such a situation, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath himself has taken charge. He is not only taking information about the preparations, but can also discuss the sentiments and proposals of the MLAs with the top leadership in the review meeting.
There are allegations of bureaucracy dominating in UP
In fact, NDA has suffered a major setback in the general election results in UP. Public representatives including BJP leaders say that bureaucracy is dominant in the state. Workers are not being heard at the lower level. There is resentment and disappointment among workers from booth to district organization. This is the reason why Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath called a meeting with the public representatives of each division and discussed development with them. Senior leaders of allied parties are also complaining about bureaucracy. There is resentment among leaders and MLAs regarding officers and they are also expressing this resentment through letters and media. However, in the review meetings of most divisions, more emphasis has been given on the future roadmap. In the division review meeting of Azamgarh, an MLA had complained to the Chief Minister about an officer, but in the meeting of Moradabad division, there was no talk about the officer.
Is this a show of strength or an attempt to reduce resentment?
By meeting MLAs, ministers and public representatives, the Chief Minister is constantly trying to give the message that if there is any resentment against the unbridled bureaucracy, then he is ready to take steps to remove it. BJP MLAs in Uttar Pradesh have now started speaking openly. Most OBC MLAs are smiling these days. Because they feel that now many camps have been formed in the BJP for listening. Some people are meeting Keshav Maurya and telling their pain and suffering, while some are directly meeting Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and telling their views.
In recent times, MLA Sushil Singh from Syed Raja, Pradeep Chaudhary from Bulandshahr and Nandkishore Gurjar have openly spoken against bureaucracy. Nandkishore Gurjar, who came to attend the Moradabad division meeting, targeted the unbridled bureaucracy and also said in gestures that if the Chief Minister asks for proof of this, then where should the proof be brought from… our words themselves are the proof.
CM Yogi is busy in damage control
On the other hand, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is constantly engaged in damage control. Earlier, MLAs and public representatives had to wait for a meeting, but now if any public representative asks for time to meet the Chief Minister, the Chief Minister is not only giving time immediately but is also meeting him. During the review meeting of Azamgarh division, MLC Ramsurat told the Chief Minister that the officials are not listening to him, they are not picking up the phone and are not taking action on complaints.
Leaders of the allied parties met Keshav Prasad
On the other hand, Omprakash Rajbhar and Sanjay Nishad are the most important names among those who went to meet Keshav Prasad Maurya. The political temperature of the state rose when Omprakash Rajbhar did not go to the meeting in Azamgarh. While this evening he met Deputy CM Keshav Maurya, whose photo was shared by Keshav Maurya’s team on social media. The next day Sanjay Nishad also reached to meet Keshav Maurya. In such a situation, the message started coming out that the OBC faction in UP BJP is thinking and working differently.
After the setback in UP, now BJP has made this plan
BJP has once again stepped up its efforts to woo the backward classes in UP. The party is soon going to hold a big meeting with OBC leaders. Discussions will be held with OBC leaders in this meeting. UP government minister and state OBC Morcha president Narendra Kashyap said that the OBC community will be brought together and the reason for their displeasure will also be known. Kashyap also said that the organisation is bigger than the government.
BJP leader Narendra Kashyap said that the organization is bigger than the government. There is a government only if there is an organization. BJP is going to hold a meeting of the OBC Working Committee on July 29, in which senior BJP leaders including Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brijesh Pathak will participate. The agenda of the meeting is how to maintain the OBC vote bank and if OBCs have shifted elsewhere due to resentment, then how to bring them back. Kashyap said that due to the overconfidence of BJP workers and leaders, they have suffered losses in UP.