By Amit Kumar
New Delhi [India], January 14 (ANI): Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP and senior party leader Sanjay Raut on Friday slammed the Yogi Adityanath government and said that in the coming days, at least 10 ministers may resign from the Uttar Pradesh government.
The pre-poll churning in Uttar Pradesh has seen the BJP getting a jolt with six MLAs resigning from the party and three ministers quitting amid signals that they will join Samajwadi Party. Dharam Singh Saini became the third minister on Thursday who has resigned from the Yogi Adiyanath government in the last four days.
Sanjay Raut, on Friday, in an exclusive interview to ANI said, “This figure will keep on increasing. Look at the way people were working under pressure for five years. No work has happened in BJP’s rule. People of Uttar Pradesh are saying that event management does not mean running the government. Talking of 80:20 percent political polarisation may work but state and country can not develop.”
“Yesterday I met many unemployed people in the poll-bound state and they want to change in Uttar Pradesh. When important ministers, OBC leaders are leaving, you can understand in which direction the wind is blowing,” Raut told ANI.
Many leaders, who left the party over the past few days, accused the BJP government of not bothering about the rights of minorities and backward classes. Senior Shiv Sena leader reacted sharply on the number of ministers quitting the Uttar Pradesh government. He said, “As per my knowledge, this is just the beginning. 10 more ministers may resign in the coming days.”
Raut reiterated that the party will contest elections on 50-100 seats in Uttar Pradesh. “I met Rakesh Tikait ji yesterday. It was not a political meeting. Uddhav Thackeray ji also spoke to him over the phone and told him that the fight for the cause of farmers is still very long and is not over yet. We will definitely fight assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh between 50 to 100 seats and we are preparing for it,” he further told ANI.
The seven-phase Uttar Pradesh (UP) assembly polls to be held between February 10 and March 7. The polling in Uttar Pradesh will be held on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27, and March 3. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.
In the 2017 Assembly elections, the BJP won a landslide victory winning 312 Assembly seats. The party secured a 39.67 percent vote share in the elections for 403-member Assembly. Samajwadi Party bagged 47 seats, BSP won 19 while Congress could manage to win only seven seats. (ANI)
Resignations are not big deal in UP, BJP getting support from everywhere: Tomar
New Delhi [India], January 14 (ANI): The pre-poll churning in Uttar Pradesh has seen the BJP getting a jolt with six MLAs resigning from the party and three ministers quitting amid signals that they will join Samajwadi Party. In response to this, Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday said that resignations are not a big deal in Uttar Pradesh.
The Union Minister lauded the Uttar Pradesh government and said that BJP is getting support from everywhere in the state. “Resignations are not a big deal in Uttar Pradesh. BJP is getting support from everywhere in the state. People will bless us and BJP will be successful in forming govt in UP, Uttarakhand, Goa, and Manipur,” Tomar said.
Dharam Singh Saini became the third minister on Thursday who has resigned from the Yogi Adiyanath government in the last three days.
In their resignation letters, the ministers have accused the BJP government of having a “callous attitude” towards Dalits, farmers, the unemployed youth, and those belonging to other backward classes. Saini, who also belongs to the OBC community, indicated that there will be more resignations of ministers and MLAs in the coming days and the process will continue till January 20. “I have resigned because for 5 years Dalits, backward classes were suppressed, their voices were suppressed… We will do whatever Swami Prasad Maurya will say. One minister and 3-4 MLAs will resign every day till January 20,” he said.
The spate of resignations began with Swami Prasad Maurya quitting the cabinet. Maurya, a prominent leader from the OBC community, had joined the BJP from BSP. Dara Singh Chauhan had resigned as minister on Wednesday.
Elections for the 403 assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases starting February 10, the Election Commission said. The polls in the state will be held on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27, and March 3 and 7 in seven phases. The counting of votes will take place on March 10. (ANI)
