Dropped From Yogi Cabinet, Outgoing UP Deputy CM Said This

BJP leader and outgoing Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma on Friday said he will continue to strengthen the party to ensure that it emerges winner in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

Mr Sharma has been replaced as Deputy Chief Minister in the new BJP-led state government by another Brahmin leader, Brajesh Pathak.

He congratulated new ministers who took oath on Friday and wished, “May the double-engine government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath continue to work for the people of the state.”

“I will continue to work for the party, and strengthen it. As a party worker, I will work to ensure that the BJP emerges victorious in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections,” Mr Sharma told PTI.