Apna Dal has re-nominated Krishna Patel as the party’s national president for another term and has cleared her name for from Rohania assembly seat where by-elections were slated sometime in October next.
The party in its national executive meeting here also re-nominated party MP Anupriya Patel as the secretary general and spokesperson of the national unit. “The nominations were name unanimously. It was believed that Krishna patel would be the right choice for the Rohnia seat,” a release issued by the party said here on Sunday.
Anupriya Patel, daughter of the national president, was among the two Apna Dal candidates who won the lok Sabha elections in alliance with the BJP. While Anupriya won from Mirzapur seat, Kunwar Harivansh Singh won from Pratapgarh.
In 2012 Anupriya Patel had won the Rohania assembly election in Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Now as the Rohania assembly seat fell vacant, Krishna Patel, wife of late Apna Dal founder Sone lal Patel, is the consensus choice of party to retain the seat. Ir was also decided that Apna Dal and BJP would contest election as NDA partner but the final decision regarding would be taken by the secretary general of the party. “The secretary general will have a discussion with BJP leaders on this issue while Apna Dal has no problem in joining hands with BJP in the bye –election,” a party leader said. Meanwhile during the executive meeting a new executive committee was elected while a new disciplinary committee was also constituted. It was also decided to start a campaign to strengthen party’s base in the state. Series of meetings are planned in central and eastern Uttar Pradesh before by-polls to sensitize party workers.