Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya has made it clear that he wants to become the chief minister.
He said people could see him in the top post after the next assembly election, but the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership will take the final decision.
That will be decided by the party. Nothing will be decided only on the basis of my ambition. The leadership of my party will decide who will do what. Maurya has served as Uttar Pradesh’s deputy chief minister for more than nine years. His comments come as the state heads towards its next assembly election, with the BJP preparing to seek another mandate. “Our goal at present is that we will win a majority. He also addressed his equation with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and rejected the idea that competition between the two leaders is affecting the government. Maurya also predicted a strong BJP performance in the next Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. His comments put his own ambition for the chief minister’s post on record while leaving the decision on the party’s leadership and the BJP’s post-election choice.
Because i want it, he added, “I also have the ambition to become the chief minister, but it will not happen just. He claimed his party will win more than 300 seats.
In an interview with a television channel, he said, “It is possible that next time you may see me as the CM, or you may see me in some other role. He said the party’s immediate target is to secure a majority in the assembly. After that, the legislative party will decide and the observers coming from Delhi will decide,” he said.
