Dharamlal Kaushik is likely to be re-elected as the BJP Chhattisgarh president during election scheduled for today at Ekatma Parisar (the party’s old headquarters).
MP from Satna (Madhya Pradesh) Ganesh Singh will be the election observer while BJP General Secretary and party in-charge for Chhattisgarh Dr Anil Jain will be election in-charge,” the party spokesperson and
MlA Shivratan Sharma told The Pioneer.
Meanwhile, the party sources informed that due to some health reasons, Ganesh Singh will not be able to visit Chhattisgarh for the election and in such a situation Rajya Sabha MP Bhupendra
Yadav will be the observer for the election.
The incumbent president Dharamlal Kaushik is expected to be re-elected as senior party leadership here have reportedly endorsed his name for the second straight term, party sources informed.
Around 125 party members, including Chief Minister Raman Singh, MP Ramesh Bais, MP Vishnu Dev Sai, MP Kamla Devi Patle, Agriculture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal, Health Minister Ajay Chandrakar, Higher Education Minister Prem Prakash Pandey, PWD Minister Rajesh Munat, Cooperative Minister Dayaldas Baghel, Forest Minister Mahesh Gagda, Sport and Youth Welfare Minister Bhaiyalal Rajwade, MlA Shivratan Sharma, representatives from 90 assembly constituencies and other, will be electing the new party state president.