Ananth Kumar made BJP’s Bihar poll in-charge
June 12, 2015
New Delhi
Union Minister Ananth Kumar was today made election in-charge of BJP in poll-bound Bihar where it will take on the formidable RJD-JD(U)-Congress combine.
Kumar will be assisted by another Union minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, a former in-charge of party affairs in Bihar, and who has been made co-incharge of the elections by party president Amit Shah.
The RJD-JD(U)-Congress alliance, which has declared Nitish Kumar as its chief ministerial candidate. In a shot in the arm for the saffron party, former JD(U) leader and a fierce opponent of Nitish Kumar, Jitan Ram Manjhi announced a tie-up with it yesterday.
Ram Vilas Paswan’s LJP and Union Minister Upendra Prasad Kushwaha-led RLSP are the other allies of BJP in the state.
Ananth Kumar, a six-time MP, has held key organisational posts in the party and played a crucial role in several election campaigns.
PTI
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