BJP president JP Nadda on Tuesday appointed Anil Antony as the party's national spokesperson and former Delhi MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa as BJP National Secretary.
Antony, son of senior Congress leader A K Antony, joined the saffron party in April this year. He was appointed as National Secretary earlier this month.
“BJP National President Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda has appointed Shri Anil Antony, National Secretary as National Spokesperson also of the Bharatiya Janata Party. This appointment comes into immediate effect,” the National General Secretary Arun Singh said in a statement. Antony had quit the Congress in January this year after he defied his party line and criticised a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The controversy erupted after Antony termed the BBC documentary on Modi a “dangerous precedent”.
Antony, who headed the IT cell of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee, slammed Congress for working for a “single family” instead of working for the country.
Sirsa has been Appointed as BJP National Secretary
Former Delhi MLA had joined the BJP in December 2021 after quitting Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).