Ex-IAS officer to head BJP’s U.P. unit
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Formerly with the PMO, A.K. Sharma takes cost forward of 2022 Assembly polls.
Arvind Kumar Sharma, the IAS officer, who had taken voluntary retirement and joined the BJP, was on Saturday appointed a vice-president of the get together’s Uttar Pradesh unit.
The announcement has an finish to months of hypothesis that Mr Sharma could possibly be handed a plum publish within the cupboard of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath forward of the 2022 Assembly polls.
Mr. Sharma, who was elected an MLC after becoming a member of the get together, was given the brand new accountability by BJP state president Swatantra Dev Singh.
An 1988 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, Mr. Sharma had intently labored with Narendra Modi, each within the Chief Minister’s Office (Gujarat) and Prime Minister’s Office in Delhi for nearly 20 years. He belongs to the Bhumihar caste and hails from Mau in Purvanchal.
Mr. Sharma thanked the nationwide and State management of the BJP for his appointment.
“With the guidance of seniors and support of my karyakarta friends, I will be involved in the service of the society, the state and the nation,” Mr. Sharma mentioned on Twitter.
Archana Mishra of Lucknow and Amit Valmiki of Bulandshahr have been additionally appointed as State secretaries by BJP.
In preparation for the state polls, the BJP has additionally introduced the heads of its numerous morchas (organisations) within the State. Former MP Narendra Kashyap was appointed the head of the Backward Morcha, whereas MP from Mohanlalganj Kaushal Kishor retains the BJP’s Dalit wing and Rajya Sabha MP from Auraiya, Geeta Shakya, is the head of the ladies’s wing.
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