BJP appoints Dharmendra Pradhan as election in-charge of Bihar, Bhupendra Yadav for West Bengal

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday (September 25) made key appointments for poll-bound states. The party has named Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Bhupender Yadav as its election in-charge of Bihar and West Bengal.

The party appointed Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda, one of its vice presidents, as in-charge for the assembly polls in Tamil Nadu. The saffron party will contest polls in alliance with the AIADMK.

While the Bihar assembly elections are expected to be held in November, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu are likely to go to polls in March-April.
Union Minister CR Paatil, who heads the party’s Gujarat unit, and Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya are co-incharges for the Bihar polls.

Former Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb is the co-incharge for West Bengal and Union Minister Murlidhar Mohol is the co-incharge for Tamil Nadu, it added.

Both Pradhan and Yadav are among the most experienced poll managers of the BJP and have overseen elections in several states.