LUCKNOW: While elevation of Brajesh Pathak as the deputy CM hogged the swearing-in limelight, chairman of UP BJP induction committee, Laxmikant Bajpai, has said that the leaders inducted in from other parties were never given any assurance of being given any prominent position in the organisation or the government. Pathak switched over from BSP to BJP in 2016.
"People who come from other parties are accommodated under strict conditions. They need to prove their worth. After all, the party has to think about the morale and aspirations of its core cadre," he said, while speaking exclusively to TOI on Sunday. Induction committee records suggest that out of 440 inducted leaders, only 17 were given tickets to contest state polls, of which 10 won.
