BJP gears up for elections; announces core group
BJP on Sunday set up a core group and appointed senior leaders like Arun Jaitley and Vankaiah Naidu incharge of poll-bound states as it went on an overdrive to win forthcoming elections in several states and Lok Sabha.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: BJP on Sunday set up a core group and appointed senior leaders like Arun Jaitley and Vankaiah Naidu incharge of poll-bound states as it went on an overdrive to win forthcoming elections in several states and Lok Sabha.
It formed a core group of seven members headed by Naidu to devise strategies, identify issues and coordinate campaign, particularly in party-ruled poll-bound states of Rajasthan, Madya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
Jaitley has been appointed incharge of election affairs in Karnataka, where the party is hoping to put a good performance and form its own government, its first in a southern state.
Naidu will be incharge of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan while National Spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad will look after election affairs in Chhattisgarh, BJP's Headquarter Incharge Shyam Jaju said.
The core group, which has members drawn from the party's newly formed central election management committee, is packed with leaders considered close to L K Advani. A known Advani baiter Murli Manohar Joshi is also in the group.
Other members of the group are leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Anant Kumar and Ram Lal, who liaisons between BJP and RSS.
The party had earlier announced a 19 member central election committee to prepare its poll strategy and declared Advani as its Prime Ministerial Candidate for the next Lok Sabha elections.
It has identified winning elections in Karnataka as immediate priority followed by party-ruled states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh where elections will take place in the second half of this year.
It formed a core group of seven members headed by Naidu to devise strategies, identify issues and coordinate campaign, particularly in party-ruled poll-bound states of Rajasthan, Madya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
Jaitley has been appointed incharge of election affairs in Karnataka, where the party is hoping to put a good performance and form its own government, its first in a southern state.
Naidu will be incharge of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan while National Spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad will look after election affairs in Chhattisgarh, BJP's Headquarter Incharge Shyam Jaju said.
The core group, which has members drawn from the party's newly formed central election management committee, is packed with leaders considered close to L K Advani. A known Advani baiter Murli Manohar Joshi is also in the group.
Other members of the group are leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Anant Kumar and Ram Lal, who liaisons between BJP and RSS.
ADVERTISEMENT
The party had earlier announced a 19 member central election committee to prepare its poll strategy and declared Advani as its Prime Ministerial Candidate for the next Lok Sabha elections.
It has identified winning elections in Karnataka as immediate priority followed by party-ruled states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh where elections will take place in the second half of this year.
Download
The Economic Times Business News App for the Latest News in Business, Sensex, Stock Market Updates & More.
The Economic Times Business News App for the Latest News in Business, Sensex, Stock Market Updates & More.
Download
The Economic Times News App for Quarterly Results, Latest News in ITR, Business, Share Market, Live Sensex News & More.
The Economic Times News App for Quarterly Results, Latest News in ITR, Business, Share Market, Live Sensex News & More.
ADVERTISEMENT
