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The Congress successful Uttar Pradesh connected Saturday (February 7, 2026) questioned Bharatiya Janata Party’s State portion main Pankaj Chaudhary holding dual positions arsenic Union Minister of State and the U.P. BJP president, accusing the ruling enactment of treble standards. It alleged that portion the BJP claims to uphold precocious motivation standards with ‘one person, 1 post’ thought arsenic a cardinal guideline, this thought is not being followed successful Uttar Pradesh.
“Mr. Chaudhary is some the State BJP president and Union Minister [of State], the BJP talks astir ‘one person, 1 post’ rule and claims to strictly travel it. Even Nitin Nabin resigned from the Bihar State Cabinet arsenic Minister erstwhile appointed arsenic the BJP nationalist president, but wherefore U.P. BJP main is holding some positions, these ideas of ‘one person, 1 post’ are lone a farce. The gangly claims person thing to bash with reality. The enactment is being tally from Delhi by 1 person, and helium employs these tactics arsenic per requirement,” said Shahnawaz Alam, nationalist secretary, Congress, without elaborating further.
Even aft the Union Budget was presented, Mr. Chaudhary should person resigned, if the ruling enactment genuinely follows specified a principle, helium said.
Union Minister of State for Finance and seven-time Lok Sabha MP from Maharajganj, Pankaj Chaudhary was successful December past twelvemonth named the caller president of the BJP Uttar Pradesh unit, with his assignment being formally announced successful Lucknow. There are precise fewer instances successful the BJP of leaders holding dual work successful caller past with erstwhile BJP nationalist main Jagat Prakash Nadda, being 1 exception. In U.P., OBC Morcha main Narendra Kashyap holds a ministerial position.
