New Delhi: Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, today met with BJP president Amit Shah, their first meeting after last week's bypoll defeats in the state. There was no official comment on the meeting, but sources told NDTV that the BJP chief asked Yogi Adityanath for reasons behind the bypoll losses.
The by-poll was viewed as a test of unity for parties aiming at challenging the BJP in the 2019 national polls.
The meeting took place against the backdrop of dissenting voices from within, including some MPs and legislators, over the functioning of the state government. However, insiders said that their carping is not against the chief minister. "They may be hoping for a ministerial position and so was the public posturing," said a senior party leader.
"BJP contested the state election with Maurya as its face. Backwards supported the BJP in the hope that Maurya will become Chief Minister. The result of this anger is reflected in the defeat of the BJP in bypolls," said Mr Rajbhar, adding that the BJP "should introspect about the reasons for its defeat".
The BJP had last month lost Kairana Lok Sabha and Noorpur assembly bypolls. Earlier, it had lost parliamentary bypolls in Gorakhpur, the home base of Yogi Adityanath, and Phulpur, the constituency vacated by his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya.
The by-poll was viewed as a test of unity for parties aiming at challenging the BJP in the 2019 national polls.
The meeting took place against the backdrop of dissenting voices from within, including some MPs and legislators, over the functioning of the state government. However, insiders said that their carping is not against the chief minister. "They may be hoping for a ministerial position and so was the public posturing," said a senior party leader.
"BJP contested the state election with Maurya as its face. Backwards supported the BJP in the hope that Maurya will become Chief Minister. The result of this anger is reflected in the defeat of the BJP in bypolls," said Mr Rajbhar, adding that the BJP "should introspect about the reasons for its defeat".
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The BJP had last month lost Kairana Lok Sabha and Noorpur assembly bypolls. Earlier, it had lost parliamentary bypolls in Gorakhpur, the home base of Yogi Adityanath, and Phulpur, the constituency vacated by his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya.
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