BJP appoints new chiefs for Andhra, Jharkhand, Punjab, Telangana

As expected, the BJP has made a big reshuffle at the state and national level and  ahead of the 2024 polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday appointed state chiefs for Punjab, Telangana, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh. The party named Union Minister G Kishan Reddy, Sunil Jakhar and Babulal Marandi its president in Telangana, Punjab and Jharkhand respectively. In a statement, the party also announced former Union minister D Purandeswari as its new Andhra Pradesh president and brought in OBC leader Etela Rajender as its election management committee chairperson in the poll-bound Telangana.The development highlights the BJP's emphasis to set its house in order in Telangana, where many relatively new but powerful entrants to the party were against the leadership of Bandi Sanjay Kumar.

The BJP National President Shri @JPNadda has appointed Shri @kishanreddybjp, the MP and Union Minister, as the State President of @BJP4Telangana. pic.twitter.com/nYpUmz2rvx

— BJP (@BJP4India) July 4, 2023

Sunil Kumar Jakhar, who jumped ship from Congress in May last year claiming he wanted to support "nationalism, unity and brotherhood in Punjab", will lead the party in Punjab. Babulal Marandi, the first Chief Minister of Jharkhand and current Leader of the Opposition in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, is BJP Jharkhand president.Jakhar replaces Ashwani Sharma, while Marandi comes in the place of Deepak Prakash. The BJP has given importance given to leaders who have joined the BJP from other parties. Jakhar and Rajender left the Congress and the BRS respectively to join the BJP.