Eleven former ministers, who have been dropped, had lost the assembly elections. But the prominent leaders, who won the elections, have been dropped either for lacking connect with people or due to their poor performance as ministers, according to sources
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Dinesh Sharma, who was addressing a "prabuddh sammelan" (meeting of intellectuals) in Greater Noida, also said his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) does not discriminate people on the basis of religion and believes in taking together every section of society.
The Samajwadi Party and the other opposition parties tried their best to damage the BJP government’s vaccination programme, but failed
"May 23 will witness the political funeral (rajnitik antim sanskar) of the anti-BJP 'gathbandhan' of SP, BSP, RLD and Congress. These parties will level allegations and counter-allegations against each other,” Sharma told PTI here.
"All these symptoms are clearly visible in the statements of the BSP supremo," he told PTI in an interview. He said the Bahujan Samaj Party supremo needed a "political health tonic".
His comments came days after Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati and Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav announced they would contest Lok Sabha polls, expected to be held in April-May, together in UP.
The process of recruitment for 10,768 assistant teachers and 3,794 lecturers is on and the assistant teachers would be posted by October, he said.
At the first cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, it was decided to set up a five- member group of ministers led by deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma for studying industrial policies of other states so as to formulate the state's own policy for boosting investment, senior ministers Siddharth Nath Singh and Srikant Sharma said.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today allocated portfolios to his cabinet colleagues keeping over three dozen departments including the Home ministry with himself.
Priest-turned politician and controversial mascot of hardline Hindutva, Yogi Adityanath was today sworn in as the 21st chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and the fourth from the saffron party, ending its 15-year hiatus.
Representing Phulpur in the Lok Sabha, Maurya, 47, has seen his career graph rise steadily in the BJP.
After staking claim, BJP state in-charge Dinesh Sharma announced that Rupani will take oath tomorrow at 12.40 PM.
"Anandiben Patel will submit her resignation this evening to the Governor. All the ministers and other leaders will accompany her," state party in-charge Dinesh Sharma told reporters.
"This is a historical moment," President Xi Jinping said addressing the ceremony of the bank, which along with the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) is expected to expand infrastructure financing, rivalling the World Bank and Asian Development Bank.