Aditya Sahu appointed BJP’s new Jharkhand President, 21 members for National Council also named

RANCHI: Aditya Sahu will be the new President of the BJP’s Jharkhand unit, party’s central election officer and Union Minister Sell Oram announced on Wednesday.

Sahu filed his nomination at the state BJP office in Ranchi on Tuesday before Sell Oram and was elected unopposed, as no other candidate submitted nomination papers for the post.

A Rajya Sabha member from Jharkhand, Sahu was serving as the Working President of the state BJP prior to his elevation as state party chief. He brings more than two decades of organisational experience within the party, having earlier held key positions including state Vice President and General Secretary.