BJP Announces New State In-Charges, Ex-CMs Vijay Rupani And Biplab Deb Get Punjab, Haryana

Sambit Patra to be the coordinator of the northeast states, as per reports.

BJP President JP Nadda

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New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday appointed the new team of party's in-charges and co-incharges for states.

According to reports, former Tripura chief minister Biplab Deb will be the in-charge of Haryana, former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani to be the in-charge of Punjab-Chandigarh, former Bihar Minister Mangal Pandey to be the in-charge of West Bengal, and Sambit Patra to be the coordinator of the northeast states and the party's national secretary Rituraj Sinha will be joint-coordinator.

BJP appoints party's state incharges & co-incharges for states

Ex-Tripura CM Biplab Deb to be the incharge of Haryana,ex-Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani to be that of Punjab-Chandigarh, ex-Bihar Minister Mangal Pandey to be that of WB & Sambit Patra to be coordinator of northeast states pic.twitter.com/z80tMyGYQw

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Apart from Biplab Deb and Vijay Rupani, Union ministers Prakash Javadekar and Mahesh Sharma were also appointed for organisational work and were made the in-charges of party affairs in different states.

As per reports, senior party leader and member of its central election committee Om Mathur will be the in-charge of the party's affairs in Chhattisgarh and its former Uttar Pradesh unit president Laxmikant Bajpai will look after the work in Jharkhand.

It is to be noted that the appointments hold significance as a large number of senior leaders, who had no organisational post currently, have now been given new responsibilities.

Meanwhile, BJP president JP Nadda on Friday arrived in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur for a four-day visit. As per reports, during his visit, Nadda will take part in the events of the party’s state unit and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

Notably, this is Nadda’s first visit to the Congress-ruled state after assuming charge as the BJP’s national president, which is being described as crucial to boost the morale of the party workers ahead of the next year’s Assembly elections in the state.