UP BJP chief blames "terror of a section" for Hindu migration

Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya today alleged that besides law-and-order problem, it was the "terror of a section of the society" which led to alleged Hindu migration in Kairana.
"Besides law-and-order problem, the exodus has happened because of the terror unleashed by a particular section of the society in Kairana," he told reporters here.
He also alleged that the district administration failed to check migration because of "government pressure".
Maurya said the report of the probe team sent by BJP to conduct an on-the-spot assessment of the "large scale migration" will be handed over to Governor Ram Naik tomorrow.

Regarding the state government yesterday suspending SSP, Gorakhpur Anant Dev after a Samajwadi Party leader's son was reportedly beaten up in the police custody there, Maurya accused the SP of adopting "double standards".
"The Gorakhpur SSP was immediately suspended, but no action was taken against the Mathura SSP, despite large scale violence at Jawahar Bagh there," he said.

Asked about some Congress leaders' demand of bringing Varun Gandhi into the party fold and projecting him as the Chief Ministerial candidate, Maurya said Varun Gandhi is a BJP MP and such a demand by some Congressmen points towards their "mental bankruptcy".

The BJP leader said a two-day state working committee meeting of the party will be held in Moradabad, beginning July 9.
Indicating that the working committee will be reconstituted before the meeting, Maurya said a new team will take part in it.
As the supense continued, several MLAs made trips to Delhi
for talks with party leadership.
The caste calculus, meticulously stitched by BJP chief Amit shah and his team, which helped the BJP win, is a major consideration for deciding on the next Uttar Pradesh chief minister.
The party also knows that given the kind of bumper voting it has got from both forward castes as well as non-Yadav OBCs, it would not want to upset the caste balance.

There are talks that if the chief minister is made from one community, a deputy chief minister can be chosen from another community to maintain balance.
Given the sheer sweep of BJP's victory which extended beyond geographical and caste boundaries, the party can have the luxury of nominating a person for the top job who can deliver on Modi's development agenda and the promise of putting down alleged lawlessness in the state under SP.
As of now the names for the top post doing the rounds include Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Manoj Sinha and state BJP president Keshav Prasad Maurya.

Singh, a former UP chief minister, is probably the tallest BJP leader in the state, while Sinha, an upper caste Bhumihar, too has considerable administrative experience. However, their choice could antagonise lower caste voters.
Maurya, who had helped consolidate non-Yadav OBC votes in the party's favour, is said to be in the good books of BJP chief Amit Shah.
Another probable is Union Minister Mahesh Sharma, who has strong links with RSS.
As speculation swirled about the possibility of a BJP legislature party meeting, Maurya had yesterday said, "The picture will be clear in the next two to four days.