Ahead of the Assembly Elections in Assam and other States and Union Territories, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday announced the state-in-charge for overseeing the Polls. As per orders by the BJP National President JP Nadda, in Assam, Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Food Processing Industries Narendra Singh Tomar has been Appointed as the State Election In-Charge, while, Union Minister of Development of North Eastern Region and Minister of State for Prime Minister’s Office; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space Dr. Jitendra Singh has been appointed as the Co In-Charge.
In Tamil Nadu, Minister of State for Home Affairs G. Kishan Reddy has been appointed the Election In-Charge, while, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways General Vijay Kumar Singh is the Co In-Charge. In Kerala, Union Minister of Coal, Parliamentary Affairs and Mines Prahlad Joshi has been inducted as the In-Charge, and Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka C. N. Ashwath Narayan as the co In-Charge. In Puducherry, Union Minister of State in Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation and Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal has been appointed the union Territory’s Election In-Charge, while, Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandra Shekhar has been appointed Co In-Charge.