New Delhi:
The Prime Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight in Delhi, three days after securing a second consecutive victory for the party in the state election, defeating Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi party.
On the agenda, sources say, is the cabinet discussion for the new government in Uttar Pradesh. The date of the swearing in will also be discussed at the meeting, she added.
In one of the biggest upheavals in an otherwise spectacular show, the party’s number two in Uttar Pradesh, Deputy Prime Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, lost the election. He lost in Sirathu by about 7,000 votes to Samajwadi Party ally Pallavi Patel of the Apna Dal (Kamerawadi).
In addition to Keshav Maurya, 10 more ministers lost the election.
Yogi Adityanath’s second deputy, Dinesh Sharma, did not participate in the election.
The party must clarify whether Maurya will remain as deputy prime minister or if another leader will replace him. Sources say Mr Maurya could still go the way of the Legislative Council.
Yogi Adityanath was a member of the Legislative Council until this time he contested his first assembly election and won from Gorakhpur Urban constituency.