BJP Veteran Sanjeev Balyan Openly Discusses Rift with Yogi Adityanath, Politics of Western UP

In the midst of the political heat of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, BJP veteran and former Union Minister Sanjeev Balyan spoke openly on the politics of Western UP in UPTalk's podcast. During this time, Balyan candidly discussed his deteriorating relationship with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. From former BJP MLA and firebrand leader Sangeet Som, Sanjeev Balyan gave his opinion on the bulldozer culture in UP and also raised the demand for a separate state for Western UP. Describing the pain of losing the Muzaffarnagar seat in 2024, Balyan said that he was almost winning this election, but lost. For this, he called the BSP candidate and the Kshatriya panchayats in Western UP a big factor in the defeat. On the distance in the relationship with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, BJP's former Union Minister Sanjeev Balyan resorted to the famous lion and said, "There would have been some compulsions, if there had been no betrayal."