Over half dozen leaders from the State were inducted in the national executive of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), announced in New Delhi on Sunday.
Former Chief Minister Uma Bharti and former State party president Prabhat Jha have been made vice presidents, MP Thanwarchand Gehlot has been retained as general secretary, Sudha Malayya has been made secretary and tribal leader and MP Phaggan Singh Kulaste has been retained as the president of the Schedule Caste/ Schedule Tribe cell of the party.
Four leaders from the State have also found place as executive members. They include Kailash Vijayvargiya, Anoop Mishra, Ranjana Baghel and Jyoti Dhurve. Vijayvargiya, Mishra and Baghel are also members of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan Cabinet in the State.
BJP State president and MP Narendra Singh Tomar and state organisational general secretary Arvind Menon have congratulated the newly appointed leaders from the State, including Uma Bharti, Prabhat Jha, Thanwarchand Gehlot, Sudha Malayya and Phaggan Singh Kulaste.
State leadership has expressed satisfaction over the representation provided to the State and has expressed gratitude to the national leadership, including BJP president Rajnath Singh, former Deputy Prime Minister lK Advani, leader of Opposition in lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley and organisational general secretary Ramlal for providing adequate representation to the State in the national executive.
Tomar said "adequate representation has been provided to the State in the new national executive announced by party president Rajnath Singh."
Tomar further said that we are hopeful that under the guidance of the newly appointed leaders from the State, the State organisation would be further strengthened and the new team would ensure a historic victory in the coming Assembly and parliamentary elections scheduled in 2013 and 2014, respectively.
He said the State organisation would provide complete cooperation to the newly appointed leaders and hoped the same from them in order to create history by retaining power for the third consecutive term in the State.
The new BJP team announced on Sunday has 13 vice presidents, 10 general secretaries, two joint general secretaries (organisation), 15 secretaries, seven spokespersons, a 12-member central parliamentary board, a 19-member central election committee and a five-member central disciplinary committee.