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323 new members in BJP state exec, meet on 15th

Lucknow: The UP BJP announced the list of newly appointed 323 members of the party state executive which is scheduled to meet in Lucknow on March 15. Of the total, 58 have been appointed from the west UP region, while 64 members have been taken from the Braj region. Kanpur and Awadh regions account for 45 and 46 members, respectively. In the case of Kashi region , 57 party workers have been included in the state executive. Similarly, the party has named 53 members from Gorakhpur. The move to appoint a maximum number of party workers from west and Braj region, experts said, signifies party’s attempt to gain a stronger foothold in the politically crucial west UP region which was recently marked by farmers’ stir against the new farm laws. The state executive is expected to chart out a roadmap for the panchayat and then the UP assembly elections due next year. The state executive has 28 permanent members, including the PM, the CM, defence minister and Lucknow MP Rajnath Singh, former UP chief minister Kalyan Singh, former Rajya Sabha MP Vinay Katiyar. The party also announced names of 94 special invitees to the state executive which included cabinet ministers Suresh Khanna, Satish Mahana, Jai Pratap Singh, Brajesh Pathak, Swami Prasad Maurya, Ashutosh Tandon, Suresh Rana, Anil Rajbhar and Dara Singh Chauhan. Besides, 36 MPs have also been made special invitees.

The Times of India

2021-03-12

Lucknow