With the BJP state president Ajay Bhatt contesting the parliamentary election from Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar constituency, the party’s state general secretary Naresh Bansal has been made the acting president of the party’s state unit. Further, State minister Dhan Singh Rawat has been made the coordinator of the party’s state election management committee.
Bansal was made the acting BJP state president on the direction of the party’s national president Amit Shah. The BJP state media in-charge Devendra Bhasin informed that Bansal and Rawat had been appointed to the posts on the directions of the party’s national president. The BJP national general secretary Arun Singh’s letter to this effect has been received by the party’s state unit. Bansal will officially assume this charge on Wednesday morning and address the media after that.