On Top Post In UP, Decision After Polls, Claims Yogi Adityanath's Minister

"When 2022 comes, we will win the election. After that whoever is sent by the Central leadership will be welcome," Swami Prasad Maurya had told reporters on Sunday.

A minister of Uttar Pradesh government has said that the chief ministerial face of the BJP will be decided after the 2022 assembly elections, contradicting party sources who indicated recently that Yogi Adityanath would lead the party into the crucial assembly polls and there will be no rethink on this. "When 2022 comes, we will win the election. After that whoever is sent by the Central leadership will be welcome," Swami Prasad Maurya had told reporters on Sunday. Mr Maurya is a cabinet minister in Yogi Adityanath's government and holds the crucial labour portfolio. He had crossed over to the BJP a few years ago from Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party. Mr Maurya's comment came on the eve of a second visit to Lucknow by top BJP leaders from Delhi -- BL Santosh and Radha Mohan Singh -- for another round of meetings with party leaders tomorrow.