Keshav Prasad Maurya

Elected To Legislative Council Yogi Adityanath, KP Maurya Resign From Lok Sabha

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 21, 2017

Days after being elected to the state legislative council, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya today resigned as Lok Sabha members.

UP Deputy Chief Minister's Anti-Corruption Warning, With A Pinch Of Salt

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday September 11, 2017

A top minister in Uttar Pradesh has warned officials against corruption but his statement has become controversial. At a function on Sunday, Keshav Prasad Maurya, one of the state's two deputy Chief Ministers, said: "Earn, but only as much as the amount of salt you would have in your food..."

UP Legislative Council By-Election: Yogi Adityanath, Others File Nomination

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 5, 2017

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his two deputies today filed their nomination papers for the by-elections to the vacant Legislative Council seats.

Mahendra Nath Pandey Appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP Chief

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday August 31, 2017

The BJP today named Mahendra Nath Pandey, Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development, as the next chief of its Uttar Pradesh unit. He will replace Keshav Prasad Maurya, the state's Deputy Chief Minister, who is slated to contest the Legislative Council election

Yogi Adityanath Takes A Different Route To UP Assembly. Here's Why

India News | Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Wednesday August 30, 2017

Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, wants to be a Member of the Legislative Council and not the assembly. He and his two deputies, Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma, will contest by-polls to the council on September 18, the BJP announced today.

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputies To Contest Legislative Council By-Elections On September 18

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 30, 2017

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his two deputies, Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma, will contest Legislative Council by-elections, the BJP announced today.

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Casts Votes For Presidential Election

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 17, 2017

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and Union Minister Uma Bharti were among those who cast their votes for the presidential poll in Lucknow today.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Governor Ram Naik Practice Yoga With Baba Ramdev

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday June 8, 2017

Ahead of the International Yoga Day celebrations on June 21, Uttar Pradesh governor Ram Naik, chief minister Yogi Adityanath, deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma today practiced 'asanas' along with Baba Ramdev.

Respond To Plea Seeking Yogi Adityanath's Disqualification: High Court To Government

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 24, 2017

The Allahabad High Court today directed the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government to file their response on a petition seeking disqualification of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya for not vacating their parliamentary posts.

Yogi Adityanath To Showcase Modi Government Achievements In Bihar

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday May 25, 2017

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, his Deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya, Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti among other prominent leaders and MPs will visit Bihar to showcase the achievements of the Narendra Modi government in the past three years.

Yogi Adityanath's Appointment As UP Chief Minister Challenged In High Court

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday May 16, 2017

The appointments of Yogi Adityanath as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Keshav Prasad Maurya as his deputy were challenged in the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Monday.

BJP's Uttar Pradesh Unit Expels 87 Workers For Anti-Party Activities

India News | NDTV News Desk | Friday May 12, 2017

The Uttar Pradesh unit of the BJP on Thursday expelled 87 party workers for six years for allegedly carrying out anti-party activities.

Working To Make UP Free Of Samajwadi Party: Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday May 7, 2017

A Samajwadi Party-free Uttar Pradesh and a Congress-free India is the goal of the BJP and it is making big strides in that direction,deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said.

Farm Loan Waiver On Top Of Yogi Adityanath Cabinet's Agenda Tomorrow

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday April 3, 2017

Key issues in the BJP's poll manifesto, especially farm loan waiver, electricity in rural areas and an ordinance on slaughterhouses, are likely to be taken up during the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government's first cabinet meeting in capital city Lucknow tomorrow.

Yogi Adityanath Keeps Home, Revenue In Uttar Pradesh Work Allocation

India News | NDTV News Desk | Thursday March 23, 2017

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has kept the important home and revenue departments after a reported tussle with his deputies Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma.

Headed To Airport, Yogi Adityanath's Sudden Change Of Plans

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Abhishek Chakraborty | Wednesday March 22, 2017

After his last speech in parliament, Yogi Adityanath, the new Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, was on his way to the airport to return to Lucknow when he headed back into the capital, reportedly for an "unscheduled" meeting with BJP President Amit Shah, according to the Press Trust of India.

Yogi Adityanath, Deputy Both Want Home Ministry, Say Sources: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Rahul Shrivastava, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday March 21, 2017

Yogi Adityanath, the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, is in Delhi today for meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah. On the table are big decisions on ministries. The BJP leadership may have its first UP crisis in hand with a tussle between the Chief Minister and his deputy, Keshav Prasad Maurya, over the important ho...

On Yogi Adityanath's Day 1 At Work, Focus On Crime, Slaughterhouses: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Rahul Shrivastava, Alok Pandey, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday March 20, 2017

Yogi Adityanath, the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, began his first day at work today by meeting with the state police chief hours after the killing of a politician of Mayawati's BSP. "Be vigilant", he reportedly told police chief Javeed Ahmed while asking for a plan to tackle crime in UP. The 44-year-old priest-politician took oath on Sunday...

Yogi Adityanath's 47-Member Cabinet In UP Seeks To Strike Regional And Caste Balance

India News | Edited by Indroneil B Biswas | Monday March 20, 2017

The BJP, which won 312 of the 403 seats in the state, has sought to strike a regional and caste balance in its 47-member Cabinet. According to senior party leaders, this has been done keeping the 2019 general elections in mind.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, New Resident Of Lucknow's 5 Kalidas Marg

Lucknow News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Arun Nair | Monday March 20, 2017

Aditya Nath, Yogi, Chief Minister, says the new nameplate at Lucknow's 5 Kalidas Marg, which Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party occupied for the last five years.

Yogi Adityanath To Take Oath As UP Chief Minister Today, Will Have Two Deputies

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Sunday March 19, 2017

Yogi Adityanath, a five-time parliamentarian seen as the BJP's hardline Hindutva face, will be the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the party announced on Saturday evening, exactly a week after it won a landslide mandate in the country's most populous state. Mr Adityanath will have two deputies in Keshav Prasad Maurya, the party's UP chief, and...

RSS Wants Say In Picking Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Say Sources

India News | Reported by Rahul Shrivastava, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Saturday March 18, 2017

Hours before a meeting of the BJP's 312 newly-elected legislators In Uttar Pradesh to elect the state Chief Minister, the party's ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS is in talks with party chief Amit Shah to discuss the contenders, sources said today. The RSS is pushing for a say in the decision and has sought certain clarificatio...

Front-Runner For UP Chief Minister Says 'Not In The Race'; Oath Ceremony On Sunday

India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Friday March 17, 2017

The BJP is prepped for a gala oath ceremony for the new Uttar Pradesh chief minister, likely to be sworn in now on Sunday, March 19. It will be held at the sprawling Smriti Upvan complex near the Ambedkar memorial in Lucknow built by Bahujan Samaj Party's Mayawati, steamrolled by the BJP in this year's assembly election. The event is billed as a ma...

BJP Has Won Uttar Pradesh, But Is Short Of Options For Chief Minister

Blog | Rahul Shrivastava | Friday March 17, 2017

The BJP moved with tyre-burning speed to clinch numbers and power in Goa and Manipur, where the verdict wasn't purely in its favour. One Chief Minister has already won a trust vote, another will get there soon.

UP's BJP Leader Keshav Prasad Maurya Admitted To ICU

India News | Edited by Revathi Hariharan | Friday March 17, 2017

BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit chief Keshav Prasad Maurya, credited for his role in BJP's victory at Uttar Pradesh polls was admitted to Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital.He was taken in following complaints of physical exertion, hospital authorities said.

BJP Undecided On Rajnath Singh For UP Chief Minister, Decision On Saturday

India News | Reported By Rahul Shrivastava, Edited By Bhanu Priya Vyas | Friday March 17, 2017

The BJP will finalise who will be Uttar Pradesh's next chief minister on Saturday, March 18, at a meeting that evening of its 312 new lawmakers in the state. Amid much speculation that union Home Minister Rajnath Singh could be sent to his home state as the next chief minister, sources said the BJP's top leadership is as yet undecided on this and f...

Rajnath Singh Front-Runner For UP Chief Minister? What He Said Today

India News | Reported by Sandeep Phukan, Edited by Abhishek Chakraborty | Wednesday March 15, 2017

Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today at parliament that reports of him relocating as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh are "unnecessary and futile speculation." Mr Singh, 65, has served earlier as Chief Minister, and is among the party's most-senior leaders from UP. The BJP has won the huge prize of India's politically most important state with the...

Next UP Chief Minister? Intelligence Bureau Checks Done

Blog | Rahul Shrivastava | Sunday March 12, 2017

The resounding win in UP is not a full stop in the BJP's political effort in the crucial state but just a comma. If the party has risen to the top from spot 3 by winning over diverse caste groups to lay the foundation for the general election in 2019, the real test starts now.

Uttar Pradesh Elections 2017: A 360 Degree View Of BJP's Landslide Win

India News | Edited By Aloke Tikku | Saturday March 11, 2017

The BJP had learnt many lessons from its 2015 debacle in the Bihar assembly elections. One of them was not to celebrate too soon, and wait for the election trends to stabilise. Today, as a small group of workers came in early at the party's Lucknow office, there were no advance deliveries of flowers or sweets.

'Exit Polls Underestimate Us, Will Get Over 300 Seats': BJP's UP President

India News | Edited By Aloke Tikku | Saturday March 11, 2017

Keshav Prasad Maurya said the appeal of PM Narendra Modi cuts across caste divisions by the SP, BSP and the Congress.