Uttar Pradesh BJP has made a major change in the legislature party

The Uttar Pradesh BJP has made a major change in the legislature party in State Vidhan Sabha appointing Dharampal Singh as deputy leader in place of five time MlA Satish Mahana.

BJP legislature party leader Suresh Khanna announced the new legislature party committee here on Thursday. He has retained Radha Mohan Das Agarwal as the chief whip in the assembly and appointing Seema Dwivedi and Suresh Rana as new whips of the party. Bawan Singh and Salil Bishnoi have been appointed as secretaries, Manish Asija as treasurer and Sant Prakash Beldar as special invitee member. Earlier Kunwar Bhartendu and  Dharampal Singh were whips in the assembly of the party. Bhartendu was elected to the lok Sabha while Singh was elevated to deputy leader.

Similarly in the legislative council, BJP leader Hridya Narain Dixit after consultation with state BJP president laxmikant Bajpai has appointed Dr Yagh Dutt Sharma as the deputy leader of the upper house,Vinod Pandey as chief whip and Kedarnath Singh as whip.

Suresh Khanna, an eight time MlA was recently appointed legislature party leader after Hukum Singh was elected to the lok Sabha. Mahana was a strong contender for the post of the leader but now he was even removed from the deputy leader post.