The newly appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP president Mahendra Nath Pandey will take charge of his new assignment here on Monday as state BJP leaders and workers are gearing up to give him a rousing welcome in the state capital.
“The new state president will reach lucknow from New Delhi by a regular flight at 1420 hours. He will be given a warm welcome at the airport besides the party leaders and the workers would welcome him enroute to the state party headquarters at Vidhan Sabha Marg,” ,” UP BJP spokesperson Chandramohan said in a statement issued here on Sunday.
Pandey, a former Union minister and MP from Chandauli, was made the UP BJP president on Thursday last replacing Keshav Prasad Maurya, who is the deputy chief minister in UP government.
The spokesman said that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his two deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dr Dinesh Sharma will receive him at party office at around 4 pm
The new BJP president will also be present during the filing of the nomination papers of five party candidates in the legislative council bypolls which includes Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, his two deputies Dinesh Sharma and Keshav Prasad Maurya along with two ministers Swantra Deo Singh and Mohsin Raza on September 5.
The filing of the nominations was deferred till September 5 due to the arrival of the new BJP president.
Earlier Pandey was scheduled to reach lucknow tomorrow after visiting Varanasi, but now he will come directly to lucknow from Delhi. Today he attended the expansion programme of the central ministry in New Delhi.