NEW DELHI, June 17: Union minister for coals and mines G Kishan Reddy on Monday has been appointed as the incharge for poll-bound Jammu and Kashmir.
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The party president JP Nadda appointed the party’s election incharges and co-incharges for assembly poll-bound Maharashtra, Haryana, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir.
While assembly polls in Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand are due later this year, the Supreme Court has directed the Election Commission to hold the elections in Jammu and Kashmir by September.
Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Bhupender Yadav has been appointed as the incharge for Maharashtra while Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will be the co-incharge for the state, according to a statement issued by the party.
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has been made the BJP’s election incharge for Haryana and former Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb the co-incharge for the state, it said.
Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is the election incharge for Jharkhand and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma the co-incharge for the state, the statement said. (Agencies)