Patna: The BJP on Saturday announced a 70-member election steering committee headed by Union Minister Nityanand Rai for the upcoming assembly polls in Bihar. The Union minister of state for home affairs has been made chairman-cum-convenor of the committee, while the party’s state unit general secretary Devesh Kumar will be its co-convenor, Bihar BJP chief Sanjay Jaiswal said. Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi and Union ministers RK Singh, Giriraj Singh and Ashwini Kumar Choubey will be part of the 70-member team, he said. The elections to the 243-member Bihar assembly are due in October-November. Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad will lead the poll campaign group. Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey will be chairman-cum-convenor of the party’s election management team, while Agriculture Minister Prem Kumar will chair the manifesto committee, Jaiswal said. Bihar BJP has set a target to win three-fourth of seats for the NDA in the assembly polls.
Union Minister Nityanand Rai has been made chairman-cum-convenor of the committee while the party’s state unit general secretary Devesh Kumar will be its co-convenor
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