The rebel leaders from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Congress who had joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) recently found place in the core group of election panel of the party that was announced on Thursday. The 27-member panel will have Union Ministers like Rajnath Singh, Kalraj Mishra and Uma Bharati. State party president Keshav Prasad Maurya and general secretary Sunil Bansal, in-charge of UP Om Prakash Mathur and head of BJP’s mahila wing Swati Singh are also part of this panel, party spokesman Harishchandra Srivastava said in a statement issued here. Also Swamy Prasad Maurya and Brijesh Pathak–the rebel BSP leaders and Rita Bahuguna Joshi, former Congress State president are also part of the group. “They are senior leaders. Ritaji was State president of Congress and has experience in leading party in election while Swamy Prasad Maurya too had a vast experience in conducting elections. Their inclusion will bring new ideas,” party’s spokesman Hridaya Narain Dixit said.