BJP Appoints Jat Leader Bhupendra Chaudhary As Its Uttar Pradesh Unit Chief

The 54-year-old Bhupendra Chaudhary was elected a member of the Legislative Council for the first time in 2016.

Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister Bhupendra Chaudhary (Source: File photo/Getty)

New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday appointed Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister Bhupendra Chaudhary as the party's chief in the state. This is the first time that a Jat leader has been given the command. As per the discipline of the BJP, Choudhary will have to resign from the post of the minister after the name is announced for the post of president. The 54-year-old Bhupendra Chaudhary was elected a member of the Legislative Council for the first time in 2016. 

In 2017, when the BJP government was formed in the state, he was made the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Panchayati Raj Department.

In the 2019 cabinet reshuffle, Chaudhary was made a cabinet minister. In Yogi Adityanath government 2.0, Chaudhary was again made the cabinet minister and given the responsibility of the Panchayati Raj department. Chaudhary has recently been re-elected as a member of the Legislative Council.

Chaudhary's appointment is seen as the party's attempt to reach out to the Jat vote bank in western Uttar Pradesh.

Bhupendra Chaudhary has been the President of West Zone of BJP thrice. He has also contested the Lok Sabha elections from the Sambhal Lok Sabha seat in front of SP Patron Mulayam Singh Yadav. 

Till the announcement of Bhupendra Chaudhary's name, cabinet minister Swatantra Dev Singh was taking charge of the state president even after the completion of his term. 

Before Swatantra Dev, Keshav Prasad Maurya, Lakshmipati Tripathi, Surya Pratap Shahi, Ramapati Ram Tripathi, Keshari Nath Tripathi, Vinay Katiyar and Kalraj Mishra have been made presidents. Mishra has been made the chairman twice.

Before Mishra, Rajnath Singh and Kalyan Singh have also been made state presidents.

Bhupendra Choudhary was born in a farmer family in 1966 in Mahendri Sikandarpur village of Moradabad district. Chaudhary's early education took place in the primary school of the village itself and then he studied till 12th at RN Inter College, Moradabad.

BJP Leader Close To Ex-CM Biplab Deb Becomes Party's Tripura Chief Ahead Of Polls

Rajib Bhattacharjee, the Tripura BJP vice-president known to be close to former chief minister Biplab Deb, has been appointed as the new president of the state unit, a senior party leader said on Thursday.

Chief Minister Manik Saha was the BJP state president, and the responsibilities were divided because of the upcoming assembly elections due next year, party sources said.

"BJP national president J P Nadda has appointed Rajib Bhattacharjee as the new Tripura state president with immediate effect," BJP national general secretary Arun Singh said.