Lok Sabha Election: Day after exit polls, confident UP CM removes OP Rajbhar from the cabinet

Lucknow | Monday | 20th May, 2019

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Rajbhar, the chief of the Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party, claimed to have handed in his resignation last month.

"We welcome the decision.

I quit in April but Yogi didn`t accept it.

The speed with which you removed me, do work for backward castes with the same speed," he told reporters this morning.

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A day after the exit polls that gave a majority to BJP, UP CM Yogi Adityanath expelled his ally minister OP Rajbhar from the cabinet.

Rajbhar has been the part of UP government since 2017 and has been known for criticizing the Chief Minister

Mr.

Rajbhar, the chief of the Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party, claimed to have handed in his resignation last month.

"We welcome the decision.

I quit in April but Yogi didn`t accept it.

The speed with which you removed me, do work for backward castes with the same speed," he told reporters this morning.

Since last year, Mr.