Yogi Adityanath In Delhi Today To Discuss New Cabinet With PM
Lucknow:
Days after the BJP’s big win in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will visit Delhi today to discuss the new cabinet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
BJP President JP Nadda, Home Minister Amit Shah and party General Secretary BL Santosh in Delhi will be present at the meeting. The swearing-in ceremony date will also be discussed during the meeting.
According to sources, 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 in-charge Radha Mohan Singh will also accompany Adityanath to Delhi on Sunday.
It is being speculated that the BJP leadership has prepared a basic list of probable Deputy Chief Ministers and Ministers on the basis of qualification, caste and regional equations because 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 Chief Minister, 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.