Uttar Pradesh minister, Om Prakash Rajbhar, on Thursday handed over the charge of the backward class welfare department to chief minister Yogi Adityanath
Days after threatening to leave the alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh minister, Om Prakash Rajbhar, on Thursday handed over the charge of the backward class welfare department to chief minister Yogi Adityanath.
General secretary of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP), Rajbhar, on several occasions, had issued threats of parting ways with the BJP in the past.
On February 10, the party had said that it will part ways if the recommendations of the social justice committee are not implemented by February 24.
Rajbhar had also said that his party can go with the anti-BJP alliance of the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party and that the party was “open” to going with SP-BSP alliance in the general election which will take place later this year.
In a tweet on Thursday, Om Prakash Rajbhar posted a copy of his resignation letter to Yogi Adityanath.
Along with the letter, Rajbhar expressed disappointment over how the people from backward classes were being ignored and discriminated upon by the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh.
“People of the backward classes are angry as the government has not given the scholarships to the students of the community, over the lack of fee reimbursement and non-implementation of the 27% reservation promised according to the recommendation of the social justice committee,” he said in the letter to Yogi Adityanath.
Rajbhar also took a swipe at CM Adityanath.
“When a minister cannot have a say in the selection of a member and all the work is to be done by the chief minister, then what is the point of the department being handled by me,” he said.
The minister also said that his recommendations in the appointment of state backward castes panel members have been “ignored”.
“People from the backward classes expect a lot from me but I have not been able to help them get their rights as the government has been continuously ignoring their welfare,” he added.
He, however, said he would continue to be in charge of the empowerment of persons with disabilities department.
Constituted in May last year, the committee, had in its recommendations to the state government, favoured division of backward castes in three categories — ‘picchda’ (backward), ‘ati picchda’ (very backward) and ‘sarvadhik picchda’ (most backward).
Backward classes account for about 44% of the electorate in caste-riddled Uttar Pradesh and play a crucial role in making or marring political prospects of any party.
The recommendation of the committee to classify various OBC and Dalit sub-castes into three broad categories and provide quota within quota to them is likely to change the political scene ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election in the state.
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