Former Indian Police Services (IPS) officer from
The election of the new president was held at the Ganga Prasad Verma memorial hall here during an emergency meeting here on Sunday. Kashinath, former Additional Inspector General of Police(AIG) of Jharkhand, was grateful after being elected. He announced that he would work for strengthening the party base.
The emergency meeting also decided to hold a state-level conference of the party at Fatehpur on August 18. Kashinath would take the place of former state president Kamlesh Tiwari, who was expelled for anti-party activities on May 30, 2012. After the expulsion of Tiwari, Rita Rai was looking after the party as a convenor.