MSN INDIA - Seven Brahmins, six Thakurs in Mayawati's ministry

MSN INDIA - Seven Brahmins, six Thakurs in Mayawati's ministry

Seven Brahmins, six Thakurs in Mayawati's ministry
Sunday, May 13, 200718:12 IST
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Lucknow: In keeping with her new social engineering, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday inducted seven Brahmins, six Thakurs and five Muslims in her 50-member jumbo ministry.
Among the Brahmins, Ramveer Upadhyay, Rakesh Dhar Tripathi and Nakul Dubey were sworn in as Cabinet ministers while Rangnath Mishra and Anand Kumar Mishra were made Ministers of State (independent charge) and Rajesh Tiwari and Daddan Mishra as state ministers.
While Ramveer Upadhyay is said to be a close confidant of Mayawati, Nakul Dubey, a newcomer in politics is a lawyer by profession and said to be close to BSP leader S C Mishra.
Among six Thakurs, Thakur Jaiveer Singh and Narain Singh are Cabinet ministers, Badshah Singh is Minister of State (independent charge) and Sangram Singh, Yograj Singh and Yashpal Singh are Ministers of State.
Nasimuddin Siddiqui is the only Muslim leader who was sworn in as a Cabinet minister. Anis Ahmad Khan and Abdul Hussein were made MoS (independent charge). Abdul Mannan and Shahjil Islam are state ministers. Nasimuddin Siddiqui had been a minister in earlier regimes of Mayawati.
Two Yadavs - Awadh Pal Singh Yadav and Anand Singh Yadav - also got place in Mayawati's ministry as Minister of State (independent charge).
Among the ministers, Rakesh Dhar Tripathi and Phagu Chauhan were in BJP and had joined BSP before elections.