BJP TODAY

February 16--28, 2003 - Vol. 12, No. 04

Pramod Mahajan Appointed General Secretary:Uma Bharati Madhya Pradesh Campaign in charge

By our special correspondent

BJP President Venkaiah Naidu on January 30 appointed Shri Pramod Mahajan, former Minister of Information Technology and Telecommunications, as the General Secretary of the Party.He has also been appointed secretary of the Central Parliamentary Board of the party as also of the Central Election Committee.

These announcements were made by Shri Naidu at a media conference at the BJP headquarters on Jan. 30.

At the same conference, Shri Naidu also announced the appointment of Sadhvi Uma Bharati as the Manager of the Election Management and campaign in Madhya Preadesh which is to go the polls for a new State Assembly by November this year.

These are the first appointments made after both Shri Mahajan and Sadhvi Uma Bharati quit the Union Cabint on Jan. 29 for undertaking party work in view the State Assembly elections in eight States excluding Himachal Pradesh,which is going to the polls on Feb. 26.

Others who resigned from the Council of Ministers are : Shri Jana Krishmanurti, Shri V.P.Goel, Dr.Reeta Verma, Shri Nikhil Choudhary, Dr. Raman Singh, and Shrimati Vasundhara Raje Scindia.

Vasundhra Raje has already been appointed the president of the Rajasthan unit of the Party and Dr.Raman Singh, president of the Chhattisgarh unit of the BJP.