Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik on Monday accepted the recommendation of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to sack minister O.P. Rajbhar from the cabinet.
Rajbhar, leader of the BJP's ally SBSP, had submitted his resignation to the governor last month, but it had not been accepted. Adityanath had recommended Rajbhar's immediate sacking for his outbursts against the BJP.
Adityanath also recommended that all other SBSP members holding the rank of minister of state be removed immediately, an official spokesperson said in Lucknow. Rajbhar has often been making controversial statements against the saffron party, the latest being during the Lok Sabha election campaign when he said that BJP members should be "thrashed" with shoes. Rajbhar had held the portfolio of backward welfare and Divyangjan welfare minister.
