Yogi, Maurya rift out in open — veiled barbs, quota missives & back-to-back meetings

Lucknow: The uneasiness between Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya, which first came to light in the aftermath of the BJPs poor showing in the state in the Lok Sabha polls and forced an intervention by PM Narendra Modi, is out in the open.. Days after Union minister Anupriya Patel of Apna Dal (Soneylal), a BJP ally, wrote to Yogi about candidates from the OBC/SC/ST categories allegedly being declared not found suitable in interview-based recruitment of government jobs, a letter has now surfaced by Maurya to the state governments Department of Appointment and Personnel about reservation in outsourced jobs..

The letter by Maurya, who seems to be asserting himself since the first post-poll working committee meeting of the UP BJP, is addressed to the additional chief secretary (Appointment and Personnel) and was signed on 4 June 2024 the same day as that of the declaration of Lok Sabha elections results...

However, a senior UP government official confirmed to ThePrint that in almost all the government jobs that are outsourced, reservation policy is not followed and once a service is outsourced, the agency follows its own mechanism of selection of staff or employees.. Anupriya Patels letter, which, too, raised the issue of adherence to the reservation policy in government recruitment solely based on interviews, had drawn a sharp response from the office of the additional chief secretary...

Mauryas letter was discussed in a meeting Monday of UP BJP secretary (organisation) Dharampal Singh and state BJP chief Bhupendra Chaudhary with the two deputy CMs, Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, it is learnt...

Some officials spoil votes, he said.. Yogis loyalists, however, are looking at Mauryas statements together with a slew of statements made by UP BJP leaders including three MLAs, two MLCs and a former minister..

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