Lucknow sources reported that as the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh celebrated a year, an alliance partner has given it a poor assessment and has gone public with his view that there are "grave problems". Om Prakash Rajbhar, a minister in the UP cabinet, also warns that the ruling BJP "will lose elections" if the government doesn't shape up.
Mr. Rajbhar has said in stinging comments against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the ruling BJP said "Celebrating and talking about building temples in Mathura and Kashi mean nothing. No one else has the guts to question this government; if speaking the truth is revolt then he is revolting".
Accordingly Mr. Rajbhar, who heads the
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, is the second ally to openly criticize the BJP
after union minister Ram Vilas Paswan, who has advised the party to draw
lessons from its UP by poll defeat and "mend its image"
among certain sections of the society. Furthermore upset minister also said the
BJP "doesn't speak to us" and didn't approach his party even though
in the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls, it has four votes.