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As Yogi heads for campaigning in Karnataka, not all is well back home in UP

His Deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya expresses frustration at officials harassing party workers

Yogi Adityanath
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addresses a press conference at BJP office in Lucknow. Photo: PTI

Archis Mohan New Delhi
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is set to campaign extensively for his party in Karnataka. But not all is well back home in Lucknow.

In just over a year after its emphatic win in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP government is facing an avalanche of criticism and has faced key Lok Sabha by-elections, including Adityanath’s Gorakhpur.

Trouble for Adityanath is that allies and his own party leaders are not mincing words in criticizing his leadership.

On Wednesday, Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya tweeted his disgust at the manner in which the business of governance is being carried out.

“Party workers and supporters didn’t work

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