.jpg?width=400)
Keshav Prasad Maurya
Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Performance
Official recordMinisters are exempt from the attendance register and answer questions rather than ask them, so there isn't enough scored data for a percentile yet.
How well they do their official job - attendance, questions, funds. From government records.
How is this worked out?About
Keshav Prasad Maurya is a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) in Uttar Pradesh - the Vidhan Parishad, the upper house of the state legislature - elected to the Council by the state's MLAs (MLA quota). Current party affiliation: Bharatiya Janata Party. Current term: 07-Jul-2022 to 06-Jul-2028.
Source: Wikipedia - List of members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council· Updated Jul 14, 2026
Role in the Uttar Pradesh Government
As Deputy Chief Minister, this leader runs these departments:
Rural Development
Rural jobs (MGNREGA), rural roads, rural housing and poverty-reduction schemes.
Rural Engineering
Food Processing
Entertainment Tax
Public Enterprises
What they are accountable for
Everything Keshav Prasad Maurya answers to you for - combined across every office they hold.
- Runs and answers for: Rural Development · Rural Engineering · Food Processing +2
- Running the departments they hold (the "Deputy CM" title adds no extra legal power)
- Answering the Assembly for those departments
- Honest use of their departments’ budgets and schemes
- As an MLC: attending the Council and scrutinising state legislation
Read the full role-by-role guide (powers, limits, sources)
Deputy Chief Minister (State / UT)
A senior minister in a state (or Union Territory) government given the extra title "Deputy CM" - but with the same legal powers as any other minister there.
You can hold them accountable for
- Showing up for and taking part in Cabinet meetings and the elected assembly (Vidhan Sabha, or the UT assembly)
- Running the departments (portfolios) they are given honestly and well, and delivering on the promises made for those departments
- Answering questions and debates in the House about the departments they hold
- Spending their departments' public money and schemes carefully - no waste, leakage or corruption
- Being transparent - declaring assets, liabilities and any criminal cases in their election affidavit, and disclosing conflicts of interest
- Following the Constitution, the law and the rules of the House, and keeping their oath of office and secrecy (Article 164)
- Sharing collective responsibility for the decisions of the whole Council of Ministers (standing by the government's joint decisions)
- Making sure their departments answer people's grievances and Right to Information (RTI) requests
- Ethical, corruption-free conduct and obeying the anti-defection rules and any code of conduct for ministers
- Being reachable and responsive to citizens, especially in their own constituency
- Representing and serving their own constituency as an elected MLA or MLC
- Explaining and defending their departments' policies and budgets to the public and the House
- Not misusing the high-profile 'Deputy CM' title, its ceremonial rank, or government resources for personal or party gain
What this role covers - and what it does not
What they do
- Running the specific state departments/portfolios assigned to them (varies by person and state - e.g. Finance, Home, Health, Public Works, Urban Development)
- Taking government decisions as a member of the Council of Ministers (Cabinet)
- Piloting bills, the budget and policies for their departments in the legislature
- Answering questions, motions and debates in the Assembly about their departments
- Overseeing the schemes, spending and officials of the departments they hold
- Taking a higher ceremonial/protocol rank at official state events because of the 'deputy' designation (protocol only, not extra power)
- Serving their own constituents as an elected MLA (or MLC)
Not their job - ask instead
- National subjects like defence, railways, income tax, foreign affairs and passports - these belong to the central government and your MP
- Departments the Deputy CM does not hold - ask the minister who actually holds that portfolio, or the Chief Minister
- Final authority over the whole government or over other ministers - that rests with the Chief Minister; 'deputy' gives no power to command colleagues
- Everyday local works like garbage, street lights, local roads, local water and drains - your Municipality or Panchayat
- Automatically becoming acting Chief Minister when the CM is away or resigns - there is no automatic succession; the ruling party's legislators and the Governor (or Lieutenant Governor in a UT) decide
- Court cases and judgments - these are decided by the judiciary, not by any minister
Sources: Constitution of India, Article 164 - appointment of the Chief Minister and other ministers by the Governor, collective responsibility to the Legislative Assembly, and the ministerial oath of office and secrecy (India Code / legislative.gov.in) · Supreme Court of India, 12 February 2024 - dismissal of the PIL challenging the appointment of Deputy Chief Ministers; the Court held that a Deputy CM is a minister like any other, the title is 'only a label' with no extra constitutional status and no higher salary, and does not breach the rule that a CM must be a member of the legislature · President's Secretariat / Ministry of Home Affairs, Table (Warrant) of Precedence - used only for ceremonial and protocol occasions, with no bearing on legal powers or day-to-day government; within their own State a Deputy Chief Minister is placed above ordinary State Cabinet Ministers, showing the title carries ceremonial precedence but not extra constitutional power (mha.gov.in) · Constitution of India, Article 239AA (National Capital Territory of Delhi) and the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 (Puducherry) - the basis for a Council of Ministers, and hence any Deputy CM, in Union Territories that have a legislature, where the Lieutenant Governor acts in the Governor's place (India Code) · PRS Legislative Research - functioning of State Legislatures and Councils of Ministers (prsindia.org)
Member of Legislative Council (MLC)
An MLC is a member of a state's upper house (the Legislative Council), who reviews and improves laws, questions the government, and raises concerns - but cannot block a law the elected Assembly wants.
You can hold them accountable for
- Attending sittings of the Legislative Council and taking active part in debates, question hour, and voting rather than staying absent - a seat can be declared vacant if a member stays away for 60 days without the House's permission (Article 190)
- Using their law-reviewing role seriously - reading Bills sent up by the Assembly and offering genuine improvements instead of rubber-stamping them (Articles 196-197)
- Asking questions, moving resolutions, and raising issues that scrutinise the state government and reflect the concerns of the electorate that chose them
- Serving diligently on any legislative committees they are appointed to
- Being reachable and responsive to the people or group who elected them - graduates, teachers, local-body members, or their region - and helping with genuine grievances
- Honest and transparent conduct, including declaring assets, liabilities, and interests and avoiding conflicts of interest
- Following the Constitution - including taking the required oath or affirmation before the Chairman before sitting or voting (Article 188) - the Council's Rules of Procedure, the directions of the Chairman, and the anti-defection law (Tenth Schedule)
- Spending any MLC area-development or discretionary funds properly and only on eligible works, where such a fund exists (this varies by state)
- Delivering on the department's mandate and answering to the House for it, if the MLC also holds a ministerial portfolio
- Not misusing the office, position, or public money for private gain, and refusing bribery and corruption
- Maintaining decorum and ethical behaviour inside the House and in public life
- Truthfully meeting eligibility rules - minimum age, being on the correct electoral roll, and not holding a disqualifying office of profit (Article 173)
- Voting responsibly in elections held within the Council, such as for the Chairman and Deputy Chairman
- Being willing to explain their stands, votes, and use of powers to the public
What this role covers - and what it does not
What they do
- Reviewing, debating, and suggesting amendments to Bills passed by the Legislative Assembly as a revising chamber (Articles 196-197)
- Delaying ordinary Bills to force a second look - up to about three months the first time and about one month if the Assembly passes it again (Article 197) - and delaying Money Bills up to 14 days, without power to finally block either (Article 198)
- Asking questions, moving resolutions, and holding debates to scrutinise the state government and its policies
- Serving on committees of the Council and the wider state legislature
- Voting to elect and remove the Council's Chairman and Deputy Chairman, and following the Chair's rulings
- Being eligible for appointment as a Minister, including Chief Minister, and running a government department while an MLC
- Representing the specific electorate that chose them - MLAs, local bodies, graduates, or teachers - or bringing an expert or nominated perspective in literature, science, art, cooperation, or social service (Article 171)
- Recommending works under an MLC Local Area Development fund, where the state provides one (availability and size vary by state)
Not their job - ask instead
- Finally blocking or vetoing a law the Assembly wants - the Council can only delay and suggest; the directly elected Legislative Assembly (MLAs) has the last word
- The state budget and Money Bills - these start only in the Assembly and the Council can delay them just 14 days; for money matters look to the MLAs, Finance Minister, and state government (Articles 198-199)
- Day-to-day local services like water supply, roads, garbage, and streetlights - these are run by municipal corporations, councils, and panchayats through their elected councillors/sarpanches and civic officials (unless the MLC also holds that ministry)
- Law and order and the police - a state government/Home Department function, not the job of an individual MLC
- National subjects such as defence, railways, foreign policy, and income tax - these belong to Parliament (MPs) and the Union Government, not a state MLC
- Deciding court cases or delivering justice - that is the judiciary's role
Sources: Constitution of India, Article 168 (constitution of state legislatures) - https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/15240 · Constitution of India, Article 169 (abolition or creation of Legislative Councils) - https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/15240 · Constitution of India, Article 171 (composition of the Legislative Councils) - https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1198859/ · Constitution of India, Article 172 (duration of state legislatures - Council not subject to dissolution, one-third retire every two years) - https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/15240 · Representation of the People Act, 1951, Section 156 (six-year term of a member of a Legislative Council) - https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/1362
Their record
Every fact links to its official source and shows when we checked it.
Work in Parliament
This State Legislature does not publish official attendance, question or debate records for its members. Missing data is shown as unavailable - it is never counted as zero.
Declared to the Election Commission
These figures are declared by the leader in their official election form. A declared case means a trial is pending - it is not a conviction.
Education
Not available yet
Work
politician
Age
Born 7 May 1969 (age 57)
Are you this leader, or spotted a mistake?
We publish only sourced facts and offer a right to reply. Tell us and we will check.
Request a correction