In 1st cabinet expansion since his return to power last yr, Yogi inducts a Dalit, a Brahmin & 2 OBCs. Political analysts call it a move to woo respective communities ahead of LS polls.
In the 52-member cabinet, the youngest minister is 30-year-old Sandeep Singh. Among the eldest is Dr Arun Kumar Saxena, a 70-year-old doctor who won from Bareilly for the third time.
Once BSP’s Brahmin face, Brajesh Pathak has replaced Dinesh Sharma as deputy CM, while OBC leader KP Maurya has been retained as Yogi’s other deputy despite poll defeat.
Chauhan's resignation comes a day after fellow minister & OBC leader Swami Prasad Maurya’s. An arrest warrant has now been issued against Maurya for alleged hate speech in 2014.
During my fieldwork in UP, I interacted with people from the SC community. BJP’s claims of Dalit outreach appear empty when we look at the latter’s power share.
Piyush was about celebration—of life, of people, of stories. He believed that what we create can shape popular culture, can make people feel proud of who they are.
Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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