Chhattisgarh MP from Bilaspur Arun Sao, 53, was Tuesday appointed as the brand new state BJP president, a letter issued by the social gathering stated. Sao changed the social gathering’s tribal chief Vishnudeo Sai.
Inducting Sao, who belongs to the Sahu neighborhood, because the BJP state unit chief is being seen as a response to Chhattisgarh Congress’s son of the soil picture. Political consultants consider his proximity to the RSS was additionally a decisive consider his favour.
Chhattisgarh BJP, which has been in Opposition just for the second time in over twenty years of the state’s existence, has been gearing up for the upcoming state election in 2023 for a while with senior social gathering leaders hinting at a change within the management.
According to social gathering sources, Sai was known as to Delhi three days again to debate his position after being changed. A tribal face of BJP in Chhattisgarh, Sai was a member of Parliament from undivided Madhya Pradesh and later Chhattisgarh. He even served because the Minister of State and held the Steel, Mines and Labor Employment portfolios.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
