It has been five days since the expansion of Yogi cabinet in Uttar Pradesh, but till now the new ministers have not been given portfolios. Amidst the suspense over division of departments, CM Yogi Adityanath met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President Nitin Naveen in Delhi on Thursday. After this meeting, it is believed that along with allotment of departments to the new ministers, there may be a major reshuffle in the structure of the cabinet as well.
Yogi cabinet may have been expanded and the posts of all 60 ministers in the cabinet have been filled. The new ministers who took oath on Sunday could not get their portfolios. In such a situation, the most curiosity remains that which minister is getting which department. Not only this, most of the attention is focused on the Public Works Department (PWD).
After the meeting of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with Amit Shah and Nitin Naveen, the division of departments of the ministry which was pending for five days will be done soon. There is also a tussle going on regarding the name of the team of UP organization i.e. Pakanj Chaudhary, about which CM Yogi discussed with the party leadership. In such a situation, BJP is now trying to give new caliber to the government and organization for Mission-UP so that it can achieve a hat-trick of power in the state.
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When will the portfolios of new ministers be divided?
On May 10, 6 new members have been entered in the cabinet of CM Yogi Adityanath and two ministers of state have been promoted and made ministers with independent charge. Even after five days, portfolios have not been assigned to the new ministers. Lobbying has also started regarding departments in the cabinet. Many ministers of Yogi cabinet are stuck in Delhi and are hoping for some better water in all the ministries.
Out of the six ministers who took oath in the Yogi government, five are from Dalit and OBC communities and one is from Brahmin community. Through cabinet expansion, BJP tried to give a different direction to the politics of the state. After this, now on Thursday CM Yogi visited Delhi, where he met Amit Shah and Nitin Naveen.
The meaning of CM Yogi’s meeting with Amit Shah and Nitin Naveen is being explored in the politics of Uttar Pradesh. Efforts are being made to understand the strategy behind this, but it is being linked to the division of departments. After the cabinet expansion, now there is an effort to solve the political equation in the division of departments also. BJP believes that caste balance has to be achieved by dividing the good departments of the cabinet.
Big change in the form of Yogi government?
Even though no old ministers have been removed in the Yogi cabinet expansion and they have been saved because elections are near, their responsibilities can definitely be reduced. A big message can be given in the state by giving big responsibility to the ministers of Yogi government whose performance has been better.
The way BJP gave priority to Dalits and OBCs in cabinet expansion. Among the six new ministers, three OBC and two Dalit ministers were made. In such a situation, there is discussion within the party about giving him a good portfolio instead of keeping him in the cabinet just for show. BJP now wants to distribute the departments afresh after achieving regional, caste and social balance through new ministers.
It is believed that CM Yogi’s courtesy meeting with Amit Shah and Nitin Naveen took place in this view. Organizational changes are also to take place in the state soon. This is also said to be discussed. The problem of division of departments has to be resolved. After the meeting of CM Yogi Adityanath with senior leaders in Delhi, some changes may be seen in the composition of the cabinet of UP government.
Departments of many ministers can be changed in UP
No minister has been removed in the UP cabinet expansion, but recently, work report of many ministers was called for. The Chief Minister himself reviewed many departments. In this, dissatisfaction regarding the functioning of the departments also came to light. In such a situation, after the cabinet expansion, there is a possibility of major reshuffle in the departments of the old ministers along with giving departments to the new ministers, but the focus is on the PWD department.
After the formation of the government in 2022, the PWD department was given to Jitin Prasad, but after becoming a minister in the central government in 2024, the responsibility of this department is with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. After the entry of Bhupendra Chaudhary in the Yogi government, the most talked about thing is whether CM Yogi can now hand over this department to Bhupendra Chaudhary or will Keshav Prasad Maurya get this department again.
Keeping in view the sensitivity of the Public Works Department, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has kept it with himself. Tremendous lobbying is being done from Lucknow to Delhi regarding PWD, but there is still suspense. Along with Bhupendra Chaudhary, rebel SP MLA Manoj Pandey has been made cabinet minister.
Manoj Pandey has been a minister in Akhilesh Yadav’s government, due to which he can also be assigned a decent ministry. Apart from this, everyone’s eyes are fixed on which portfolio the ministers with independent charge can get.
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