Asked who would be the next UP CM, Shah said, “Keshav jiska naam tay karenge, uspe mohar laga denge. (We will give our stamp of approval to Keshav’s pick)”.
Speaking to reporters later, Maurya himself ruled out his chances of becoming CM. “Mere paas toh naam tay karne ka zimma hai. Apna naam koi kaise tay karega? (My responsibility is to zero in on the next name. How can anyone pick their own name?)”
In April last year, he was appointed as UP BJP president. Maurya’s OBC status made him a strong contender for the top job in UP. Maurya is also a favourite of the Sangh Parivar owing to his background as a ground-level RSS worker. Much of the credit for BJP’s sweep in UP, less than a year after his elevation as UP BJP chief, goes to Maurya as well. Questions were raised, however, about Maurya’s criminal record. In his 2014 election affidavit, Maurya had declared that he had 11 criminal cases against him.
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