

Paltu Ram is from Balrampur, Dinesh Khati from Meerut in western UP, and Gond from eastern UP’s Sonbhadra where his community is a key player in electoral politics. Prasada joined the BJP from Congress in June this year /qlnnbp6qOL #WATCH | BJP leader Jitin Prasada takes oath as a minister in the Uttar Pradesh Government, at a ceremony in Lucknow They include Chhatrapal Gangwar, who hails from Bareilly and represents the Kurmi community, Sangita Balwant Bind from Ghazipur, and Dharamveer Prajapati from Agra. State BJP leaders told The Indian Express that apart from Prasada, the others are leaders who “worked their way up from the grassroots within the party”.

“Today’s expansion gives representation to all sections, has been done with the feeling of social balance, and carries the message of harmony,” Adityanath said, adding that it gives an opportunity to those at the lower strata of society. Lucknow: BJP MLAs Palturam, Sangeeta Balwant, Sanjeev Kumar, and Dinesh Khatik take oath as ministers of state (MoS) in the Uttar Pradesh Govt /4JlLAvponc While Prasada, a Brahmin representative, took oath as a Cabinet Minister, the other six are Ministers of State, including a woman: Chhatrapal Gangwar, Sangita Balwant Bind and Dharamveer Prajapati (OBC), Paltu Ram and Dinesh Khatik (SC), and Sanjeev Kumar Gond (ST).
