Ex-DGP Brij Lal becomes new SC/ST chief in UP

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government headed Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday appointed former state DGP Brij Lal as the chairman of the Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
Brij Lal had jointed the BJP in January 2015. He was considered close to BSP chief Mayawati and had got prime postings during the BSP rule from 2007 to 2012.
He was posted as ADG (Law and Order) soon after Mayawati came to power in the state in 2007 and was later elevated to the post of DGP. The Election Commission had removed him ahead of the 2012 assembly election in the state.
In the political circle, Brij Lal’s appointment as the SC/ST chief is seen as a move by the BJP to counter the BSP, the SP and the Congress’ labeling of the saffron party as anti-Dalit.