Baijnath Rawat became the chairman of UP Scheduled Castes and Tribes Commission, these leaders also got new responsibility
The BJP government of Uttar Pradesh has constituted a commission for Scheduled Castes and Tribes before the by-elections. Baijnath Rawat, who was an MLA from Barabanki in 2017, has been made the chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Scheduled Castes and Tribes Commission. Also, former MLA Bechan Ram from Gorakhpur and Jeet Singh Kharwar from Sonbhadra have been given the responsibility of vice-chairman. The names of 9 members along with one chairman and two vice-chairmen have been announced in this commission.
Apart from this, the 9 members who have been given responsibility in the commission include Harendra Jatav, Mahipal Valmiki, Sanjay Singh, Dinesh Bharat, Shiv Narayan Sonkar, Neeraj Gautam, Ramesh Kumar Toofani, Narendra Singh Khajuri and Teejaram.
Baijnath Rawat, who has been made the chairman of the commission, has a long association with politics. He has held responsibilities ranging from MLA to MP. Baijnath Rawat is a resident of a village near Haidergarh in Barabanki. Rawat was given a ticket by the BJP from Haidergarh seat in the 2017 assembly elections, after which Rawat won the election with a huge margin and defeated two-time SP MLA Ram Magan by about 33 thousand votes.
Baijnath Rawat has been an MLA thrice and was also elected MP from Barabanki once in 1998. Along with this, he was also given the responsibility of Minister of State in the UP government. However, there was a turning point in the political journey of Baijnath Rawat when his ticket was cut in the UP assembly elections in the year 2022, due to which Rawat was very angry with the party. Expressing his displeasure with the high command, he even said that his ticket was cut because he belonged to the Dalit community. BJP had given a ticket to Dinesh Rawat from Haidergarh in place of Baijnath Rawat.
Baijnath Rawat comes from a Dalit family. Even after spending so much time in politics, he lives a simple life. He does farming himself and feeds the animals himself. However, now that he has been made the chairman of the commission, a big responsibility has fallen on Baijnath Rawat's shoulders.