In an important development ahead of the State Assembly polls, BJP’s national president Amit Shah appointed Bhupender Yadav as Gujarat BJP in-charge on Tuesday.
The State in-charge’s post became vacant following the elevation of Dinesh Sharma as Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on March 19 this year. The 48-year-old Yadav is Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Rajasthan since April 2012.
He was appointed as National Secretary of BJP in 2010 by Nitin Gadkari. In 2013, Rajnath Singh, who became the national president of BJP, appointed him as a national secretary of the BJP. In August 2014, he was appointed as national general secretary of BJP by Amit Shah.
He entered politics after his association with Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). He actively participated in political issues and joined trade union activities in Gurgaon, Haryana in early 1990s.
When he was given the charge of Rajasthan during the State Assembly election and lok lok Sabha elections, he successfully did it . He was co-in charge of Jharkhand State Assembly election in 2014. He has headed many Parliam-
entary Committees and is also a member of many select committees. He is an eloquent orator and has good command over many languages.
Yadav’s first major event in Gujarat as in-charge would be the two-day long State BJP executive meeting starting from Friday at temple town Somnath in which his predecessor Sharma as well as BJP chief Shah will participate.
He will have an uphill task ahead to achieve a target given by the PM Narendra Modi himself to win 150 out 182 assembly seats in the upcoming assembly polls.