Adityanath to meet BJP legislators to defuse crisis in state party unit

Adityanath has arranged to meet all his party MLAs in batches of 40 to settle the matter

Adityanath’s Achilles heel
 
While Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath (pictured) is seen as among the most sought after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders for campaigning in other states, he has drawn flak for apparently failing to detect and diffuse discontentment brewing in his own backyard. Even as the unprecedented sit-in by the ruling BJP legislators in the Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday protesting alleged harassment by police and district officials was widely reported in the media, another party MLA, Shyam Prakash, took to social media to suggest the formation of an employees’ union-style body for legislators. He also alleged widespread