LUCKNOW: UP
BJP effected an organisational reshuffle on Tuesday appointing newly elected MLC Vijay Bahadur Pathak as in charge of west UP. Pathak replaces cabinet minister and a close affiliate of the RSS, Swatantra Deo Singh.
Likewise, state general secretary Salil Bishnoi has been given the charge of Kashi comprising Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of PM
Narendra Modi.
Home minister Rajnath Singh’s son and party state General secretary
Pankaj Singh has been charge of
Gorakhpur, the home district of UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath.
Party state vice president JPS Rathore has been asked to look after party affairs in Awadh region comprising Lucknow.