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TopicKeshav Prasad Maurya

Topic: Keshav Prasad Maurya

First Maurya, now Pathak: Why UP CM Yogi Adityanath may have to watch out for his deputies

On Thursday, UP Deputy CMs Maurya and Pathak met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in Lucknow. The sarsanghachalak also held a meeting with CM Yogi Adityanath the previous day.

UP govt divided over Avimukteshwarananda—Yogi’s ‘Kaal Nemi’ vs Maurya’s ‘bhagwan Shankaracharya’

Row that erupted after ‘Shankaracharya’ of Jyotirmath & his followers were prevented by UP govt from taking holy dip at Sangam on Mauni Amavasya refuses to die.

Amid fragile truce, Maurya flags ‘rising graft, crime’ in Yogi’s UP ahead of key bypolls

BJP insiders say ‘temporary ceasefire’ between UP CM Yogi and his deputy Maurya is likely to continue till bypolls for 10 assembly seats in bid to blunt attacks by Samajwadi Party.

‘Nothing of the sort’ — UP BJP chief on speculations about change of CM amid Yogi-Maurya rift

BJP is a democratic party, and everyone is entitled to put forth a point of view, says UP BJP state president Bhupendra Chaudhary amid Yogi-Maurya rift.

Under siege from within, Yogi comes out in new avatar. Meeting with MLAs, MLCs to warning officials

This comes when some UP BJP MLAs have spoken about ‘corrupt bureaucracy’ in indirect attack on Yogi and exhorted high command to step in, and amid CM's purported rift with Maurya.

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

Maurya’s letter on quota came to light days after Anupriya Patel’s letter to UP CM. Yogi loyalists see bid to weaken CM, Maurya’s aide says Yogi must answer for drubbing in LS polls.

‘Don’t trust state machinery’ — BJP MLA seeks Shah, Nadda’s intervention in murder plot probe

Cops confirm one named accused is son of panchayat-level BJP functionary. BJP insiders claim Fateh Bahadur Singh’s letter is another attempt to undermine UP CM Yogi Adityanath.

Sarkar vs Sangathan in UP BJP, deputy Maurya takes dig at CM Yogi — ‘party bigger than govt’

UP CM in response reminded gathering that ‘if govt faced setback in 2027 state polls, then everybody will be affected from top to bottom’ & that ‘prestige is there till there is power’.

‘Will stop this,’ says UP dy chief minister after in-custody murders of dons Jeeva, Atiq Ahmed

Jeeva was shot dead in a Lucknow court Wednesday; Atiq and his brother were killed while being taken to a hospital on 15 April.

How ‘pride of Prayagraj’ became latest flashpoint in tussle between UP netas & officials

While there's a feeling among public representatives that civil servants in UP are 'unrestrained', officials say most decisions are made with CMO's approval.

On Camera

Trans Amendment Bill echoes Criminal Tribes Act. It wants them to stay in violent families

The one thing that keeps the relentless beauty of trans people alive is their community. But for lawmakers, kinship is ‘deception’, ‘allurement’, and ‘undue influence’.

Blow to West Asia commodities market as Iran hits 2 aluminium makers

Aluminum prices, already rising before the conflict, have gained further as traders and buyers focus on the potential for tighter markets and shrinking global inventories.

1st batch of 2,000 India-made Israeli Negev LMGs delivered to Army; 4,000 more to be delivered this year

The Indian Army is set to get another 4,000 of these LMGs as part of a contract signed in August 2024 to replace the 5.56x45mm INSAS LMG.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.