Election to the BJP State president post would be held here on January 17, informed party assistant election officer and State spokesperson Sudipta Ray here on Wednesday.
According to the schedule, nomination papers would be filed by candidates at 3 pm and then scrutiny would be held. If required, election would be conducted at 10 am on Friday and results would be out after counting of votes at 1.30 pm. If only one persons files nomination, then the party’s central observer would announces his name as State president.
Ray also informed that 21 central council members from 21 Parliamentary constituencies would be elected on the occasion.
Central observer and Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and former Union Minister and MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy, party national assistant general secretary (organisation) Soudan Singh, Odisha-in-charge Arun Singh, Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Pratap Sarangi, all BJP functionaries, all MLAs and MPs, all MLA and MP candidates, former elected representatives, ZP Presidents and VPs, block and municipality Chairpersons, former district presidents and all district election and assistant election officers will attend.
Ray further informed that his party has formed a total of 25,759 booths and 850 booth committees. With this, the election process in all 34 organisational districts has been completed.