A few days after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath chastised ministers not to meddle in transfer-postings, BJP president Amit Shah will now lecture state ministers and give them tips on ‘sushasan’ (good governance) in lucknow on July 29.
Shah would be on a three-day visit to the state starting July 29 and is scheduled to meet state ministers on day one. The meeting would be held in the evening at the state BJP headquarters in lucknow.
All state ministers, including that of alliance partners, would be present in the meeting along with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his two deputies - Keshav Prasad Maurya, who is also the state BJP chief and Dinesh Sharma.
The meeting of ministers with Shah gain importance after Yogi had asked them not to interfere in transfer and posting of officials. The CM’s directive created anguish among the ruling party leaders which was reflected in the Assembly when an MlA from Bundelkhand Ashok Singh Chandel commented that the status of BJP MlAs were worse than Opposition leaders.
On the other hand, UP minister and Bharatiya Samaj Party president Om Prakash Rajbhar too protested before Shah as his demand for removal of Ghazipur DM was not yet fulfilled.
The BJP national president would camp in the state in an effort to boost the party’s prospect in the coming 2019 lok Sabha elections.
This visit is part of Shah’s 92 -day `prawas’ (stay) in different parts of the country. In these three days, Shah will interact with senior party leaders and also hold meetings with different officials.
As per the programme, Shah is expected to meet Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his ministerial colleauges on the first day of his visit and later meet district BJP chiefs, state executive committee members and chiefs of different cells on the next two days.
The BJP president will also meet senior party leaders individually to assess the party’s organisational strength. Shah is also expected to meet leaders of the NDA partners in the state like Apna Dal and Bharatiya Samaj Party.
After this visit, Shah is expected to visit UP again for three days in September though the place of his visit is not fixed.