Arun Jaitley appointed in-charge of Gujarat assembly polls 2017
August 24, 2017
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister and Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat Arun Jaitley has been appointed in-charge for Gujarat assembly polls 2017 by party president Amit Shah today.
Jaitley will be assisted by co-in-charges Nirmala Sitharaman, Jitender Singh, N Tomar and PP Chaudhary.
Jaitley has experience to look after Gujarat polls in the past for more than once when Narendra Modi was chief minister of the State.
Shah has also appointed Thawarchand Gehlot as incharge of Himachal Pradesh assembly election. Assembly polls in Himachal are likely to be held along with Gujarat assembly polls in upcoming December.
In another appointment, Prakash Javdekar has been made in-charge of Karnataka assembly polls that is scheduled to take place next year. Piyush Goyal has been appointed co-in-charge for Karnataka elections.
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