One of the allies of BJP is the Nishad party. This Party’s chief is Sanjay Nishad. He has expressed disappointment over his son and MP Praveen Nishad not being included in the Union cabinet after the reshuffle.

Sanjay asked if Anupriya Patel of the Apna Dal (Sonelal) can be included in the Union Council of Ministers, then why Praveen Nishad cannot be.

He said, “If Anupriya Patel of Apna Dal (Sonelal) could get a place in the council of ministers, then why MP Praveen Nishad can’t? The people of Nishad community are already ditching the BJP and if the party does not rectify its mistakes, it will face the consequences in the upcoming assembly poll.”

He said that Praveen Nishad enjoys popularity in over 160 seats whereas “Anupriya Patel in just a few (assembly) seats”.

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Sanjay further added that he has conveyed his views to BJP president JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

He said, “It is their turn to decide. However, I have full faith in them that they will take care of Praveen Nishad.”

Currently, the NISHAD (Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal) Party has one MLA in the UP Legislative Assembly.

Praveen Nishad, the son of Sanjay Nishad, is an MP from Sant Kabir Nagar. Praveen had won the Gorakhpur seat in a bypoll as the Samajwadi Party candidate. He was supported by the BSP, under the grand alliance between the two parties.

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After BJP MP Yogi Adityanath was elected as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat had fallen vacant.

A few days ago, Sanjay Nishad was speaking to reporters in Ballia. He said, “Our alliance with the BJP will continue. We were with the BJP, we are with the BJP today as well, and we will stay with it. However, our community is moving away from the BJP. The Congress, the SP and the BSP have cheated our community and now it feels that the BJP is also cheating them.”

The biggest ever cabinet reshuffle of current government done on July 7 has brought in a record number of 36 first-time ministers into his cabinet. The reshuffle has been described by many as maximum government, maximum governance.