Laying the preparatory bedrock for the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, which is two years away, the ruling BJP on Sunday in an organisational overhaul named 70 of the 98 district/city unit chiefs.
While the party has retained 26 unit chiefs, it did not declare the names of 28 district/city unit chiefs. Sources said that tussle among local leaders led to the party holding back the announcement of the 28 names.
The party said the names were declared after a two-month-long election process and the aim is to reach 50 per cent reservation target for OBC, Scheduled Castes (SC) and women in the state unit. In the current list of 70, there are, however, just five women and six leaders from the SC community.
Most of the chosen unit chiefs belong to the OBC community (26) and Brahmins (20). About 18 belong to Thakur, Bhumihar, Kayastha and Vaishya communities.
State BJP chief Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath congratulated new district and metropolitan presidents of BJP.”
In a first, the party declared the names online with the event being called “Sangathan ka Parva”.
The names were declared at the district level in presence of respective public representatives from the region, ministers as well as election officers.
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