With 80 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha and 403 MPs, Uttar Pradesh is the most politically important state in India with more than 15 million voters. Since the united province was renamed Uttar Pradesh on January 25, 1950, the state has set the course of national politics through 17 general elections and has produced a large number of loyalists, prime ministers and prime ministers. However, of his 21 CMs, only Yogi Adityanath, Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati have completed their full five-year terms, reflecting the high volatility of his policies. Also included in the CM list is the truth about the national caste equation. 10 of his 21 CMs are Brahmins or Thakurs. The rest are three Yadavs, three Baniyas, one Lodh, one Jat, one Kayasth, one Dalit and one Sindhi. A series about the political history of the UP and the changes brought about by its CM

After Kamlapati Tripathi was relinquished as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh in June 1973 and the state was placed under the president’s rule for nearly five months, the Congress led by Indira Gandhi authorized senior party leader Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, the then Federal Communications Minister: Adopted as the new CM.

Bahuguna was sworn in as UP’s eighth CM on November 8, 1973. Four months later, when the state went to the polls, he led the government and was sworn in again as CM on March 5, 1974, following his congressional election victory.

In the February 1974 election, Congress won 215 of the 425 seats in the House of Representatives, resulting in a majority. Bharatiya Jan Sangh (BJS) won 61 seats, BKD 106, Congress (O) 10, Communist Party of India 16, Socialist Party 5, CPI (M) 2, Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 1, Muslim League 1, Swatantra Party 1, Soshit Samaj Dal 1 and Independents and 5 others.

In January 1975, Opposition Leader Chowdhury Charan Singh introduced a motion of no confidence in the Bahuguna government.

Madhav Prasad Tripathi of the BJS opened discussions on the motion in the House of Representatives, accusing the Bahuguna government of allegedly abusing its power in relation to the Congress rallies and claiming that traffic officials were mobilized to organise vehicles for the rallies. Tripathi claimed that ministers were involved in many scandals.

Charan Singh accused the Congress government of taking a “dictatorial stance” and not tolerant of the opposition.

In response, CM Bahuguna said the “politics of personality assassination” was bad for the country. This trend should stop, he said, because it undermines democracy. Even though the Bahuguna government survived a vote of no confidence, members of the BLD and BJS launched a House strike.

Complete News Source : The Indian Express