Summary
The Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh is a member of the Cabinet of Uttar Pradesh Government in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Not a constitutional office, it seldom carries any specific powers.[2] A deputy chief minister usually also holds a cabinet portfolio such as home minister or finance minister. In the parliamentary system of government, the Chief Minister is treated as the "first among equals" in the cabinet; the position of deputy chief minister is used to bring political stability and strength within a coalition government. The post of Deputy Chief Minister is a kind of informal post, which is not mentioned in the Constitution. It works like an ordinary cabinet minister. The appointment of Deputy Chief Minister is done by the ruling party only to maintain balance in the political situation. There is no fixed number for the post of Deputy Chief Minister, in any state it can be made two, three or even more. For example, in 1998, Madhya Pradesh had two deputy chief ministers, Subhash Yadav and Jamuna Devi, under Chief Minister Digvijay Singh. Similarly, after the 2017 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, two Deputy Chief Ministers Dinesh Sharma and Keshav Prasad Maurya were appointed under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to correct the electoral equations. Babu Narain Singh Gurjar was first Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.[3]
| Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | |
|---|---|
 Seal of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Deputy Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Status | Deputy Head of Government |
| Abbreviation | DCM |
| Member of | |
| Seat | Lok Bhavan, Lucknow |
| Nominator | Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh |
| Appointer | Governor of Uttar Pradesh |
| Term length | At the confidence of the assembly 5 years and is subject to no term limits.[1] |
| Inaugural holder | Narain Singh |
| Formation | 26 January 1950 |
List of Deputy Chief Ministers edit
| No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of office | Assembly
(Election) |
Chief Minister | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Narain Singh | Morna | 3 April 1967 | 25 February 1968 | 328 days | 4th (1967 election) |
Charan Singh | Independent | ||
| 2 | Ram Chandra Vikal | |||||||||
| 3 | Ram Prakash Gupta | MLC | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |||||||
| 4 | Kamalapati Tripathi | Chandauli | 26 February 1969 | 17 February 1970 | 356 days | 5th (1969 election) |
Chandra Bhanu Gupta | Indian National Congress | ||
| 5 | 
|
Dinesh Sharma | MLC | 19 March 2017 | 25 March 2022 | 5 years, 6 days | 17th (2017 election) |
Yogi Adityanath | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 6 | 
|
Keshav Prasad Maurya | MLC | 19 March 2017 | Incumbent | 7 years, 38 days | ||||
| 18th (2022 election) | ||||||||||
| 7 | 
|
Brajesh Pathak | Lucknow Cantonment | 25 March 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 32 days | ||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Uttar Pradesh as well.
- ^ Rajendran, S. (13 July 2012). "Of Deputy Chief Ministers and the Constitution". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "SP wooing Gurjars ahead of Lok Sabha polls | Lucknow News - Times of India". The Times of India.