The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has set up a 31-member panel to draft its manifesto for this year's Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, a party leader said on Sunday.
The panel, constituted on Saturday night by Chhattisgarh BJP chief Arun Sao, will be headed by Lok Sabha MP Vijay Baghel and will have MLA Shivratan Sharma, former MP Ramvichar Netam and former state minister Amar Agrawal as co-conveners, party general secretary Kedar Kashyap said.
MLAs Krishnamurti Bandhi and Ranjana Sahu, former ministers Lata Usendi, Chandrashekhar Sahu and Mahesh Gagda and IAS-turned-politician O.P. Chaudhary are among the remaining 27 members, he said.
Baghel, who hails from Kurmi community, one of the dominant OBC groups in the state, represents Durg parliamentary seat.
The BJP ruled Chhattisgarh between 2003 and 2018.
The party on Friday appointed senior leader Om Mathur, the party in charge for Chhattisgarh, as the election in charge of the state. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya was appointed the joint in charge for the Chhattisgarh polls.
On Saturday, BJP president J.P. Nadda nominated two party leaders from Chhattisgarh, Vishnudeo Sai and Dharamlal Kaushik, to the national executive.