Bihar BJP announces new team of office-bearers with eye on upcoming state polls
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP's all-weather star campaigner, already setting the electoral tone by holding political rallies in Bihar, the party's state unit has now announced a team of office-bearers who have been assigned the task of taking forward the party's agenda and message to the masses.The Bihar BJP unit will also be looking after the party's preparations for the upcoming Assembly polls and forming a strategy in tandem with the top leadership.advertisementBihar BJP chief Dilip Jaiswal has appointed five state general secretaries, 14 state ministers, 13 state vice presidents one state treasurer and two state co-treasurers. The party has named Shivesh Ram, Rajesh Verma, Radhamohan Sharma, Lajwanti Jha and Rakesh Kumar as state general secretaries.Siddharth Shambhu, Pramod Chandravanshi (MLC), Rajendra Singh, Amrita Bhushan, Dharmshila Gupta, Saroj Ranjan Patel, Dhirendra Kumar Singh and Sanjay Khandeliya have been appointed as BJP vice presidents, alongside Santosh Pathak, Baby Kumari, Lalita Kushwaha, Ashok Sehni and Anamika Paswan.
Meanwhile, Santosh Ranjan Rai, Ratnesh Kumar Kushwaha, Sanjay Gupta, Trivikram Singh, Dhanraj Sharma, Nandlal Chauhan, Rita Sharma, Bheem Sahu, Ajay Yadav, Anil Thakur, Mukesh Sharma, Manoj Singh, Shobha Singh and Poonam Ravidar have been given the responsibility of state ministers.Apart from them, Rakesh Tiwari will be the state treasurer, while Ashutosh Shankar Singh and Nitin Abhishek have been appointed co-state treasurers.advertisementThe BJP is going to contest the Bihar elections in alliance with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United), and Union Minister Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) under the umbrella of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Nitish Kumar is eyeing a record-extending 10th term as Bihar Chief Minister.The BJP-led NDA will be taking on the Mahagathbandhan, which consists of Lalu Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Congress and Left parties, among others.The 243-seat Bihar Assembly will go to polls later this year, most probably in October-November.Must Watch
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