BJP puts ministers in-charge to ensure UP bypoll win
India TV NewsThe Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh has entrusted the responsibility of winning the by-elections in 12 Assembly seats in the state on its ministers. The legislators who have vacated these seats after being elected to the Lok Sabha will also be working in their constituencies to ensure the victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party. BJP sources said that Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma has been made the in-charge of the Rampur Assembly seat which was vacated by Mohd Azam Khan of the Samajwadi Party after he was elected to the Lok Sabha. Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Maurya will take charge of the Govind Nagar Assembly seat in Kanpur which was held by state minister Satyadev Pachauri. State minister Ashutosh Tandon will take charge of the Lucknow Cantt seat that was vacated following the election of Rita Bahuguna Joshi to the Lok Sabha.