NewDelhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced the appointment of election officers for the upcoming elections of state presidents and national council members. This decision was made public on Thursday, with senior leaders and central ministers assigned to ensure the smooth conduct of internal elections in their respective states.Piyush Goyal has been appointed as the election officer for Uttar Pradesh, while Manohar Lal Khattar will oversee elections in Bihar. Dharmendra Pradhan has been designated as the election officer for Madhya Pradesh, and Sunil Bansal will handle Goa. Additionally, Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been appointed for Karnataka.
Key Appointments by State:
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Tamilisai Soundararajan
- Andhra Pradesh: P.C. Mohan
- Arunachal Pradesh: Sarbananda Sonowal
- Assam: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
- Chandigarh: Sardar Narinder Singh Raina
- Chhattisgarh: Vinod Tawde
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli-Daman and Diu: Dr. Radha Mohan Das Agrawal
- Haryana: Bhupender Yadav
- Himachal Pradesh: Dr. Jitendra Singh
- Jammu and Kashmir: Sanjay Bhatia
- Kerala: Prahlad Joshi
- Ladakh: Jairam Thakur
- Lakshadweep: Poonam Radhakrishnan
- Meghalaya: George Kurien
- Mizoram: Vanathi Srinivasan
- Nagaland: V. Muraleedharan
- Odisha: Sanjay Jaiswal
- Puducherry: Tarun Chugh
- Rajasthan: Vijay Rupani
- Sikkim: Kiren Rijiju
- Tamil Nadu: G. Kishan Reddy
- Telangana: Kumari Shobha Karandlaje
- Tripura: Juel Oram
According to the BJP’s constitution, state organizational elections must be conducted in at least 50% of the states before the election of the national president can take place. The state presidents are expected to be elected by January 15, after which the process for electing the national president will commence.As the party gears up for these crucial elections, it aims to strengthen its organizational structure ahead of the upcoming electoral challenges.
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