In a stern warning to junior ministers, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asked them to review government-funded development schemes by interacting with people at village level and keep him abreast of the feedback. Yogi had an hour-long meeting with ministers of state at Lok Bhawan on Tuesday.

“Start interaction with villagers or beneficiaries of various government schemes. Go to villages and see whether schemes are implemented with effectiveness or not. It is your duty to see that schemes are implemented as per design and keep me posted about this,” Yogi told the congregation.

It was the first time that the CM had a separate meeting with junior ministers as Cabinet ministers were not allowed. There were some complaints about work distribution in some ministries like Irrigation, Power, PWD, Health and Agriculture and junior ministers complained that they were not allowed to work by their seniors.

Yogi tried to sort out the matter but it was not clear whether he had assured some ministers to change their ministries as asked but a highly-placed source said that Yogi said that non-performing ministers would be shown the door. “This government has launched many welfare schemes. But this is a fact that people at village level do not know about them. There are many people who are entitled for government benefits but do not get them as there is no one to tell them. Go and see how your project is doing at the village level,” the CM counselled.

As the meeting with junior ministers continued for a considerable time, a Cabinet meeting slated to start at 11 am was delayed by almost 40 minutes.