Lucknow, 14 December. Union Minister Pankaj Chaudhary has been elected unopposed as the president of the Uttar Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Its formal announcement was made on Sunday. Chaudhary’s election was formally announced by Central Election Officer, Union Minister Piyush Goyal. Apart from Chaudhary, no other candidate had filed nomination for the post of BJP state president.
In this way, the way for his unopposed election was cleared on Saturday itself. On this occasion, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Central Election Officer K. Many senior BJP leaders including Laxman, Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak and Keshav Prasad Maurya were present. Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, considered a trusted leader of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, was elected MP for the seventh time from Maharajganj seat of Uttar Pradesh in the year 2024. He comes from the Kurmi community included in the Other Backward Class.
Kurmi community is considered to have significant influence in the politics of Uttar Pradesh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha and 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, this community had shown its inclination towards the main opposition party of the state, Samajwadi Party. It is believed that BJP has expressed confidence in Choudhary to win over Kurmi voters to its side.
BJP has already appointed leaders of Kurmi community as state president thrice in Uttar Pradesh. These include former MP Vinay Katiyar, former minister Om Prakash Singh and Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh. BJP’s newly elected state president Pankaj Chaudhary will have the important responsibility of leading the party to victory in the panchayat elections to be held next year and the state assembly elections of 2027.
Chaudhary on Saturday submitted his nomination papers to BJP state election officer Mahendra Nath Pandey (former Union minister) and central election observer Vinod Tawde. On this occasion, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak and Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh were also present.
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