The Uttar Pradesh authorities on Thursday appointed former BJP state secretary Jaswant Singh Saini because the chairman of the Uttar Pradesh State Backward Classes Commission. Saini, a resident of Saharanpur, was working because the Vice Chairman of the Commission for the final one 12 months.
The publish of state OBC panel chief fell vacant after its former chairman Fagu Singh Chouhan grew to become the governor of Bihar in July, 2019.
Saini’s appointment comes a day after the state authorities nominated one other BJP state working committee member Ram Babu Harit because the chairman of the UP Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
With the UP meeting elections six months away, the federal government has began filling up numerous posts of the fee which have been mendacity vacant for multiple and a half years.
Thereafter, the federal government can appoint the top of the State Minorities Commission, whose publish has been vacant for nearly two years.
On Thursday, Hira Thakur and Prabhunath Chauhan have been additionally made vice-chairmen of the state OBC fee.
Over the years, Saini has held a number of organizational positions within the BJP. He was twice elected as Secretary of State, in addition to Vice President of State a number of occasions. He unsuccessfully contested the 2009 basic election from the Saharanpur Lok Sabha constituency.
Speaking to The Indian Express, Saini stated: “The party has given me the responsibility, and I will fulfill their expectations. I am already working to solve the issues of the OBC people. The new responsibility With this, I will work hard to ensure that OBC members get justice and their issues are resolved at the earliest.”
Sources stated the problem of vacancies in numerous state commissions had cropped up throughout a gathering held not too long ago between the celebration’s nationwide basic secretary (organisation) BL Santosh and different senior BJP leaders.
The posts of chairman, two vice-presidents and 15 different members within the SC/ST state panel have been stuffed on Wednesday.
Former Chairman of State Minorities Commission Tanveer Haider Usmani handed away in April 2019. The publish has been mendacity vacant since then.
Mohsin Raza, Minister of State for Minority Affairs informed The Indian Express, “The resolution on the appointment of the top of the fee was delayed as a result of Covid-19 pandemic. But quickly many posts within the Minorities Commission might be stuffed.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
