BJP appoints Lok Sabha in-charges for states, UTs

The BJP on Wednesday appointed its Lok Sabha poll in-charges and co-incharges for several states appointed former Delhi MP Ramesh Bidhuri as co-incharge of Uttar Pradesh.

Bihar MLA Nitin Nabin will be in-charge for Chhattisgarh and Rajya Sabha MP Dinesh Sharma for Maharashtra, a party statement said. Bihar MLA Sanjeev Chaurasia, Ramesh Bidhuri and Sanjay Bhatia were named as co-incharges for Uttar Pradesh. Both Bidhuri and Bhatia are MPs in the outgoing Lok Sabha but were not renominated by the party for the polls. BJP vice president Baijayant 'Jay' Panda is the poll in-charge for Uttar Pradesh.