New Delhi: The BJP Thursday made important appointments for key poll-bound states, including for next year, naming 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, its charge of the assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, where it is a junior partner to 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.
A BJP statement said Union minister C R Paatil, who heads the party’s Gujarat unit and is considered a capable organisation hand, 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.