Minister Ashish Patel addressing a press conference in Lucknow on Thursday. Along with wife and Union Minister Anupriya Patel.
Uttar Pradesh Technical Education Minister Ashish Patel on Thursday opened a front against his own government. On the allegations of corruption against him, he said, my only mistake is that out of 14, seven directors were made from the deprived class.
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He challenged and said, STF (Special Task Force) is the root of the entire conspiracy. Special Task Force people shoot in the legs, but if you have courage, shoot in the chest. If a conspiracy is hatched against him now, he will fight and not be afraid.
When Minister Ashish was making this claim in Lucknow, his wife and Union Minister Anupriya Patel was also with him. Anupriya said, if any official, worker or elected public representative of our party is attacked, Apna Dal will not remain silent. My party will not compromise with reputation.
Actually, Ashish’s sister-in-law and Anupriya’s sister Pallavi Patel met Governor Anandi Ben Patel on Wednesday. Alleged that lecturers (spokespeople) in Ashish Patel’s department were promoted against the rules and made heads of the department. A bribe of Rs 25 lakh each has been taken from each spokesperson. He also demanded the Governor to cancel the promotion order issued on December 9, 2024. Also demanded SIT investigation.
Pallavi Patel is SP MLA from Sirathu Assembly and has her own separate party Apna Dal (Kameravadi). Sources say that Ashish Patel suspects that the government itself is conspiring against him. However, he did not take the name of the government in the press conference. Only officers were targeted.
Minister Ashish Patel was also accompanied by his wife Anupriya Patel.
Get the call record of the protest master opened Ashish Patel said, the media wants an item and it gets that item. Media does not publish only the words of Ashish Patel. I and Anupriya are ministers. Our assets are published on the PMO website. No one expels him.
Without naming Pallavi Patel, he said that the government has a dharna master, if it happens on 2nd July then there will be a dharna, if it happens on 17th October then there will be a dharna. Media friends want a protest master and keep publishing it. They are sponsored and whenever they get a chance, they are made to sit on strike.
Get the call records of the protest master’s mobile opened. Everyone will know from where this game is going on. He also openly challenged an investigation into the assets of himself and his wife, Union Minister Anupriya Patel. Said, I and my wife should be investigated, the extent to which my wealth has increased should be investigated.
A political conspiracy is being hatched against me Minister Ashish said, for the last few days I have been getting published more in newspapers. My positive side is withheld and my negative side is printed. This is politics. A political conspiracy is being hatched against me.
Some people from the government are operating him (Pallavi Patel). The same people have been in the headlines of newspapers for the last few days. My image is being made negative by spending Rs 1700 crore. Don’t insult anyone’s dignity by misusing the information department. I am a beggar man. Even those without money know how to publish news.
I am not going to remain silent after getting slapped. Minister Ashish Patel also made serious allegations against many officials of UP. Said, I am not going to sit silent after getting slapped. I will answer the brick with a stone. My only mistake is that out of 14, seven directors were made from the deprived class. It is my mistake to work on the interests of backward and Dalits. I will keep making such mistakes and am not afraid. No matter how much you are intimidated.
He challenged and said, if you have system then I have democracy. Democracy wins the battle. I am not afraid of the system.
Ashish Patel addressed the workers. Said- I am not going to sit silent after getting slapped. I will answer the brick with a stone.
Anupriya said- We cannot scare our party by conspiring. Union Minister Anupriya Patel said, if the reputation of any Apna Dal worker or leader is harmed, we will not compromise at all. We know how to answer. Every one of our workers knows where and on whose instructions the conspiracies going on against Apna Dal are happening. If anyone thinks of hatching a conspiracy against any Apna Dal worker or official, it is a misunderstanding.
He said that Apna Dal people will answer every conspiracy. Apna Dal is a component of NDA under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, those who run the country know everything.
If injustice has been done to backward people and Dalits in the recruitment of 69000 teachers, then it has been done. We say this continuously even when we are in government. Will keep saying this until the call is taken. We will constantly raise every issue related to backward classes and Dalits, so whoever is conspiring should understand it clearly. Apna Dal has responded and will continue to respond. Our party cannot be intimidated by any kind of conspiracy.
So will Ashish’s troubles increase?
- Experts believe that if the Governor forwards Pallavi’s complaint letter to the government with recommendations, then the government can form a SIT and conduct an investigation.
- Ashish Patel has also opened a front against the government, in such a situation, if any irregularities are found in the investigation then problems for Ashish Patel may increase.
- If even a single allegation is not proved in the investigation, then Ashish Patel can put pressure on the government.
MLA Pallavi Patel has demanded the Governor to cancel the government order.
Ashish Patel had threatened to resign on 16 December Ashish Patel said on December 1 that if anything happens to me in the fight for social justice, UP STF will be responsible for it. Patel has also made serious allegations against the Information Department. Also posted 4 documents. This is his second direct attack on the Yogi government within 15 days. Ashish again reiterated that I am a descendant of Sardar Patel, I am not afraid, I am a fighter.
Earlier on December 16, he had threatened to resign. Said- There is a conspiracy to carry out my political assassination. CM should get the allegations investigated by CBI. The day PM Modi orders, I will resign in a second.
Also made 3 posts-
- Everyone knows who is behind defaming me. There will be more such allegations in future. I am not afraid of such false allegations. No matter how much conspiracy someone does, Apna Dal (S) is not going to back down from the fight for the rights of the deprived.
- To fight for social justice, Apna Dal (S) became a part of NDA in 2014 under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the support of Home Minister Amit Shah. The day the Prime Minister orders, I will resign from the post of minister without a second’s delay.
- Factless and absurd allegations are being made in the media and social media as part of a conspiracy to assassinate me politically. During my tenure as a minister, the entire Uttar Pradesh knows about protecting the interests of the personnel coming from deprived sections in the Technical Education Department.
Anupriya Patel with her husband Ashish Patel. The picture is from 4 months ago.
What is the whole matter-
- In the Technical Education Department, instead of direct recruitment of Heads of Departments in Government Polytechnic Colleges, lecturers working in colleges were promoted and made Heads of Departments.
- It is alleged that if the posts were filled through direct recruitment, the backward and Dalit classes would have got the benefit of reservation, but by promoting 177 lecturers against the rules, the reserved class was deprived.
- Rs 25-25 lakh were recovered from each candidate. Due to this rigging, the government has to pay an additional annual burden of Rs 50 crore to ineligible workers. According to sources, Ashish Patel’s OSD has also resigned in protest against this.
- BJP MLA Meenakshi Singh has written a letter to the Chief Minister and the SIT alleging financial irregularities of Rs 50 crore every year in the department. He has also demanded investigation into the matter.
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