BJP announces in-charges for 24 States
The HinduBJP national president and Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on July 5 announced State prabharis or in-charges for 24 States, naming Satish Poonia, Laxmikant Bajpai and Tarun Chugh as in-charges for poll-bound Haryana, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir, respectively. Earlier, Mr. Nadda had appointed separate election in-charges for these States — Union Ministers Bhupendra Yadav and Ashwini Vaishnaw for Maharashtra, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for Jharkhand and Dharmendra Pradhan and Lok Sabha MP Biplab Deb for Haryana. Rajya Sabha MP and vice-president of Maharashtra BJP, Ajeet Gopchade, has been made prabhari for Manipur, replacing newly elected Lok Sabha MP Sambit Patra who had been handling the State so far. BJP senior leader Prakash Javadekar will retain charge of Kerala where the BJP opened its account for the first time in the Lok Sabha polls, assisted by Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi.