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The BJP on Saturday appointed several party leaders as in-charges and co-in-charges for states and Union Territories (UTs) in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Amongst the prominent faces, Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda, the party’s national vice president, will be in-charge of Uttar Pradesh while former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani will take care of Punjab.
In Bihar, which is witnessing political turmoil, BJP chief JP Nadda has appointed Vinod Tawde and Deepak Prakash as in-charge and co-in-charge, respectively.
BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya, and party leaders Mangal Pandey and Asha Lakra have been handed the responsibility of West Bengal, a state ruled by Trinamool Congress (TMC).
Party leaders Mahendra Singh and Satish Upadhyay have been appointed as in-charge and co-in-charge of Madhya Pradesh.
The saffron party has appointed Tarun Chugh and Ashish Sood in Jammu and Kashmir, Laxmikant Vajpayee in Jharkhand, Viplav Dev and Surend Nagar in Haryana, and Shrikant Sharma and Sanjay Tandon in Himachal Pradesh, a state ruled by the Congress.
In Karnataka, another state which is under the Congress, the party has named Radhamohan Agarwal and Sudhakar Reddy as the in-charge and co-in-charge, respectively.
The Lok Sabha election is likely to be held in April-May. The Election Commission (EC) is yet to announce the dates of the election, which will be held in phases.
