 "BJP appoints Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Vasundhara Raje, Raman Singh as party vice presidents; 2-day council meeting to begin today")
New Delhi: Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, the BJP on Thursday appointed former chief ministers Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Raman Singh and Vasundhara Raje as its vice presidents, bringing its three powerful state leaders into the national politics. Party president Amit Shah made the appointments on the eve of the BJP’s two-day national council meeting, which is expected to set the tone for the Lok Sabha poll campaign. In a tweet, BJP’s general secretary Arun Singh said Shah has appointed the three former chief ministers as its vice presidents.
भाजपा के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष श्री @AmitShah जी ने भाजपा के राष्ट्रीय उपाध्यक्ष के रूप में श्री शिवराज सिंह चौहान , श्री रमन सिंह एवम् श्रीमती वसुंधरा राजे सिंधिया को नियुक्त किया है , सभी को हार्दिक बधायी ।@VasundharaBJP @drramansingh @ChouhanShivraj
— Arun Singh (@ArunSinghbjp) January 10, 2019
The party had lost power in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan in the 2018 Assembly polls. Chouhan and Singh were Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh chief ministers respectively for three terms. Raje was Rajasthan chief minister.
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