PTI | | Posted by Yamini C S
The BJP on Saturday appointed Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan its in-charge for the upcoming Karnataka meeting polls, a celebration assertion stated.
Tamil Nadu BJP unit president Ok Annamalai would be the co-incharge for the high-stakes polls the place each the ruling social gathering and the opposition Congress have launched intensive public outreach for the elections more likely to be held in April-Could.
Pradhan, a seasoned organisation man of the social gathering, has been tasked with dealing with a number of elections prior to now, together with the final yr Uttar Pradesh meeting polls during which the BJP retained energy with a giant margin.
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A former social gathering common secretary, he has been concerned in meeting polls in Bihar, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and likewise in Karnataka in 2013.
He was additionally in-charge of the Assam and the Madhya Pradesh meeting polls in 2015 and 2018 respectively.
A skillful politician, he will probably be anticipated to mobilise the organisation in Karnataka whereas finding out inner points within the native unit to maximise the social gathering’s efforts to retain energy within the vital southern state.
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Karnataka is the one southern state the place the BJP has ever run a authorities.
The social gathering had opted for a management transition within the state by easing out the then chief minister B S Yediyurappa and bringing in Basavaraj Bommai, a Lingayat just like the veteran chief, in his place in July 2018.
Regardless of his lack of energy, Yediyurappa’s stature vis-a-vis his successor’s low-key fashion has meant that the previous’s shadow continues to loom giant. He was just lately appointed a member of the social gathering’s Parliamentary Board, its apex organisation physique, with the central management working to maintain him in good humour.