BJP appoints new state presidents in mega rejig ahead of 2024 polls

NEW DELHI,JULY 4: In a big organisational rejig ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday appointed new state chiefs for Punjab, Telangana, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh. The party has named Union minister G Kishan Reddy, Sunil Jakhar and Babulal Marandi its president in Telangana, Punjab and Jharkhand respectively.

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Union Minister and Member of Parliament G Kishan Reddy will lead the BJP’s Telangana unit.

Former Congress leader Sunil Jakhar will head the Punjab unit of the BJP.

Former Union Minister D Purandeswari has been appointed as the BJP president for Andhra Pradesh.

Baulal Marandi has been appointed as the chief of BJP’s Jharkhand state unit.

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Additionally, the saffron party has also appointed Etala Rajendra as the chairperson of the party’s election management committee in Telangana.

Meanwhile, former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy has been named as a member of the BJP’s national executive committee.

The current rejig is significant due to the primacy given to leaders who shifted to the BJP from other political parties. Sunil Jakhar and Etala Rajendra were earlier members of the Congress and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) respectively.

D Purandeswari was also a member of the Congress party and served as a Union Minister in the Congress-led UPA government.

-PTI