Uttar Pradesh BJP announces members of new state working committee; PM, CM permanent guests
Four days before its state working committee meeting, the BJP on Thursday announced its new panel consisting of 323 members, 94 special guests as well as 28 standing guests.
Special guests include Cabinet Ministers, MPs, Rajya Sabha MPs and Lok Sabha MPs. Standing guests include Prime Minister Narendra Modi of Kashi region, Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, as well as Union Ministers such as Smriti Irani, Hardeep Singh Puri , Sanjeev Balyan and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
The list also includes veteran leaders like Murli Manohar Joshi and Kesari Nath Tripathi.
Party sources said proper representation was given to different regions as well as sections, including women.
“There are leaders who may not be actively working, but who have contributed to the cadres and functioning of the party. They are important driving forces and they have been given a place on this committee. Also, proper representation has been given to all sections,” a senior party official said.
Among the special guest members, the panel will include 19 Cabinet Ministers, nine Ministers of State with independent office and 21 Ministers of State. Seven MPs including Archana Pandey of Kannauj and former minister Anupama Jaiswal have been drafted. Rajya Sabha MPs such as builder-turned-politician Sanjay Seth, Neeraj Shekar who is the son of former prime minister Chandra Shekar, national spokesman Sudhanshu Tripathi and former chief police officer Brij Lal are also featured on the list of special guests.
The list of permanent guests includes former Governor and former BJP State Chairman Kesari Nath Tripathi, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya of Kashi Region; Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma and Kalyan Singh from the party’s Awadh region and Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti from the Delhi region.
Kisan Morcha MP and National Chairman Rajkumar Chahar and other Union Ministers such as Hardeep Singh Puri, VK Singh, Santosh Gangwar, Mahendra Nath Pandey, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi have also found places in the listing.
