Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday appointed Member of Parliament Rakesh Singh as the new president of its Madhya Pradesh party unit after months of speculation.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Wednesday nominated Jabalpur Lok Sabha MP Rakesh Singh as the new president of Madhya Pradesh’s BJP segment. Allegedly, the decision to appoint a new BJP president in Madhya Pradesh was made keeping in mind the assembly polls dated for later in 2018.
Party insiders claim that Singh, who is also the party chief in Lok Sabha, enjoys backing of PM Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah and is said to be close to union minister Narendra Singh Tomar, a former confidante of CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
The other names discussed for were Madhya Pradesh ministers Bhupendra Singh, Narottam Mishra, Rajendra Shukla and state BJP General Secretary V.D. Sharma.
With Assembly polls barely six months away, the road ahead is expected to be a cakewalk for the newly appointed president.
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