FOR YOGI 2.0, ADITYANATH MEETS PM MODI, V-PREZ

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, in his first visit to the national capital after the party notched up a comprehensive victory in the assembly poll.

Earlier in the day, Adityanath met Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and BJP general secretary BL Santhosh.

Adityanath was likely to meet BJP president JP Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh thereafter. Set to take oath as the chief minister for a second term, Adityanath’s talks with the top party leadership, including Shah and Nadda, are likely to centre around a host of issues related to the government formation besides being a formal exercise.

BJP considering new faces in the Cabinet

As per reports, the BJP is also considering several new faces in the Cabinet along with the new Deputy Chief Minister. State President Ratan Dev Singh, Minister Sunil Bansal, state incharge Radha Mohan Singh also accompanied Yogi to

Delhi on Sunday.

Speculatedly, the BJP leadership has prepared a basic list of probable Deputy CMs and ministers based on qualification, caste and regional equations as BJP gives place to every caste in its cabinet. The central leadership will have the final say on the list.

For the post of Deputy CM, the names of Swatantra Dev Singh, Baby Rani Maurya, Brijesh Pathak and Keshav Prasad Maurya are in talks. Swatantra Dev Singh was the transport minister, apart from this he was the BJP state president.

Keshav Prasad Maurya has definitely lost from Sirathu seat in the elections this time but he is the face of OBC. As Deputy CM, he has governed the state well, so again he can be made the Dy CM.

Baby Rani Maurya has been the Governor of Uttarakhand and is a well-known face of Jatav society in UP. Brijesh Pathak, of the Brahmin community, has been a law minister in the state government. State BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh, who is also a Kurmi leader, was one of the prominent faces behind BJP’s big win in UP.

Law Minister Brijesh Pathak, who won from Lucknow Cantt seat, may get the role of Dy CM in the Yogi government to maintain the Brahmin equation.

In Yogi Sarkar 2, the leadership is also considering the inclusion of two former police officers in the new cabinet — Rajeshwar Singh and Asim Arun.