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BJP Retains Most State In-Charges, Appoints Anil Antony In-Charge Of Christian-Dominated Nagaland, Meghalaya: Here's The Full List
BJP leader Anil Antony
Ahead of four crucial assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has retained its in-charges in Haryana, Jharkhand, and Jammu and Kashmir, while it is yet to appoint anyone for Maharashtra.
BJP president J P Nadda issued a list of in-charges and co-in-charges for 24 states and Union territories on Friday (5 July).
No in-charges have been changed in any major state. Apart from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal, and Telangana were left out of the list.
Here are the key appointments:
1. Anil Antony
A Christian leader from Kerala, Antony is appointed as in-charge of Nagaland and Meghalaya, replacing Chouba Singh and Nalin Kohli. This move is seen as a response to the ethnic violence in Manipur and the disquiet among Christians in these states.
2. V Muraleedharan
Appointed as co-in-charge of the northeast, replacing Rituraj Sinha. Sambit Patra remains in-charge.
3. Raghunath Kulkarni
Elevated to in-charge of the Andaman and Nicobar islands, replacing Satya Kumar.
4. Dushyant Patel
Appointed as in-charge of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, replacing Purnesh Modi.
5. Aparajita Sarangi
Replaces Nalin Kumar Kateel as Kerala co-in-charge.
Election In-charges for Poll-bound States announced last month:
1. Maharashtra: Bhupender Yadav and Ashwini Vaishnaw as in-charge and co-in-charge, respectively.
2. Haryana: Dharmendra Pradhan and former Tripura CM Biplab Deb.
3. Jharkhand: Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.
4. Jammu and Kashmir: G Kishan Reddy.
Retained In-charges:
Haryana:
Satish Poonia retained as in-charge.
Surendra Nagar as co-in-charge.
Jharkhand:
Laxmikant Bajpai retained as in-charge.
Tarun Chugh retained as in-charge.
Ashis Sood as co-in-charge.
Bihar:
Vinod Tawde continues as in-charge.
Deepak Prakash as co-in-charge.
Madhya Pradesh:
Mahendra Singh continues as in-charge.
Satish Upadhyay as co-in-charge.
Odisha:
Vijaypal Singh Tomar continues as in-charge.
Lata Usendi as co-in-charge.
Puducherry:
Nirmala Kumar Surana continues as in-charge.
Sikkim:
Dilip Jaiswal appointed as in-charge.
Himachal Pradesh:
Shrikant Sharma retained as in-charge.
Sanjay Tandon as co-in-charge.
Kerala:
Prakash Javadekar retained as in-charge.
Punjab:
Vijay Rupani reappointed as in-charge.
Additional charge of Chandigarh.
