Yogi Adityanath, the current chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, will be the chief ministerial face of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the next year’s assembly election, said Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya in an exclusive chat at the Panchayat Aaj Tak.
He said, “Our government under Yogi Adityanath is doing excellent work since 2017. The Opposition is issue-less. Our chief minister’s leadership has been excellent. I think he will continue to be our leader in the next election.”Keshav Prasad Maurya said, “Yogi Adityanath is the biggest name in our party in Uttar Pradesh. I believe the party will take a final decision and he will continue to be our leader.”
When asked about his “personal” choice for the chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming UP polls, Maurya said, “My personal choice was obvious in 2017. I was the UP BJP president in 2017 and Yogi Adityanath became the chief minister. My choice was very obvious. The entire party supported him.”
Pushed further whether there was a “problem” over the chief ministerial name, Maurya said, “There was no problem in the past. There is no problem right now and there will never be one in future.”
“The problem is in the Opposition camp. They try to create confusionWe won polls in 2014, 2017, and 2019, and we will win election in 2022 and 2024.”Maurya also dismissed the charge that there was anger among the people over alleged Covid-19 mismanagement in Uttar Pradesh. He said, “Uttar Pradesh has shown the best performance in country in handling Covid-19. Had there been a government under Akhilesh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh or Rahul Gandhi at the Centre, it would have been a disaster.”
